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[Pierre-Luc Drouin]

Hi,

I am working on a network which uses a http/ftp proxy that prompts by
default for user permission before downloading any file. In order to be able
to keep my system up-to-date (FreeBSD and ports), I have to white list the
FreeBSD servers and directories that need to be accessible, because
otherwise I can only download files through a web browser, which is
obviously extremely painful. Also only the HTTP and FTP protocols are
allowed on my network, so CVSUP is not allowed. So my current plan is to
update FreeBSD using the following tools:

1-Port directory update through portsnap
2-FreeBSD src update through CTM
3-Port updates through distfiles and/or packages

I think 1- and 2- are quite straightforward. To allow 1- I need to white
list the whole content of  http://portsnap.freebsd.org/ . To allow 2- I need
to white list the content of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CTM/ . That
should be sufficient, right?

The main issue I have though is with 3-. MASTER_SITE_BACKUP and
MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE variables are no longer recognized in /etc/make.conf,
right? How can I force FreeBSD to pull distfiles and packages from
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ? Also what is the difference
between ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles and
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles ? I guess one of the
directories is aliased to point to the other, right?

Thanks!