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List:       freebsd-ports
Subject:    Re: Fetching of packages
From:       Will Andrews <will () physics ! purdue ! edu>
Date:       2001-11-15 5:41:23
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[  wrong place to send it.  try ports@FreeBSD.org next time.  ]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:35:56PM +1000, Charlie Root wrote:
> I've found the settings in make.conf for telling fetch to use proxies, but after \
> searching through the make.conf and what i could make out from the Mk/* tree, i \
> couldn't find anywhere to set flags (other than proxy flags) going to fetch. 
> The reason i was looking for this is as i use a dialup connection, it would be nice \
> to be able to install something like the gnome meta port, or anything else with a \
> lot of files, large files to fetch, and be able to send the flags -a -r  to fetch \
> so it tries to resume or restart connections that die when my isp decides to kick \
> me off. 
> I'm not sure if this is the correct person/address to contact, but since this is \
> listed as the main ports maintainer i thaught the worst that can happen is some \
> flames ;) 
> regards,
> 	David Trzcinski

You're probably looking to set FETCH_[BEFORE,AFTER]_ARGS.

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wca

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