misc/64111: libfetch does not use the FTP_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY
vars as documented
Gleb Smirnoff
glebius at cell.sick.ru
Wed Mar 17 04:10:21 PST 2004
The following reply was made to PR misc/64111; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at cell.sick.ru>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: misc/64111: libfetch does not use the FTP_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY vars as documented
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:08:03 +0300
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 12:10:19AM -0800, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
T> However, fetch.3 says:
T>
T> If this variable is set to an empty string, no proxy
T> will be used for FTP requests, even if the HTTP_PROXY
T> variable is set.
T>
T> And this is definitely not true. So, this issue must be considered a doc-bug.
I'm very sorry! The above statement is correct. But I think there should be
explicitly said that HTTP_PROXY is used for ftp in absence of FTP_PROXY.
Like this:
If HTTP_PROXY variable is defined and FTP_PROXY is not,
http proxy is used. To avoid this behavior, one should
set FTP_PROXY to an empty string. In this case no proxy
will be used for FTP requests, even if the HTTP_PROXY
variable is set.
Here is patch:
--- fetch.3.orig Wed Mar 17 11:05:32 2004
+++ fetch.3 Wed Mar 17 14:43:44 2004
@@ -472,8 +472,14 @@
.Ql host
is the name of the FTP server.
.Pp
-If this variable is set to an empty string, no proxy will be used for
-FTP requests, even if the
+If
+.Ev HTTP_PROXY
+variable is defined and
+.Ev FTP_PROXY
+is not, http proxy is used. To avoid this behavior, one should set
+.Ev FTP_PROXY
+to an empty string. In this case no proxy will be used for FTP requests,
+even if the
.Ev HTTP_PROXY
variable is set.
.It Ev ftp_proxy
--
Totus tuus, Glebius.
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