On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 07:33 -0500, Martin Jackson wrote: > >> I'm using 6.1-RC built on Apr 18 but that problem was there even on > >> 6.0-RELEASE > > > > Are you using an HTTP proxy? The pre-6.1 series portsnap did not play > > nicely with HTTP proxies. There were some patches committed in March or > > so to address PR's on the subject. I haven't had an opportunity to test > > the changes in my work environment (which requires HTTP proxy use) yet, > > but they look promising. > > Yech, sorry. What I meant to say was that portsnap didn't play nicely > with proxies *requiring authentication*. The patches should address > that, though I haven't tried them personally. > > The way to specify auth information should be: > > HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080 > HTTP_PROXY_AUTH=basic:*:<user>:<pwd> > > (from man 3 fetch). > Thank you for this information but my proxy settings does not require authentication.
I just tried changing my proxy settings from http_proxy="http://my.proxy.server:8080" to HTTP_PROXY=http://my.proxy.server:8080 and it worked! :D I will keep on monitoring that and will report back if I have any issues. Thank you very much for your help
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