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On Thursday 27 March 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > I'd say, try http.
> >
> > Jeez. You didn't read the original posting, did you? It's FTP, period.
>
> It's FTP, which is blocked by the firewall, so use only HTTP mirrors
> in /etc/make.conf. There is no requirement to use FTP for downloads. If
> rsync is also blocked, use emerge-webrsync to update the portage tree
> over HTTP.

export ftp_proxy=3DXXX.XX.XXX.XX:80 && emerge -uaDv world, should do what=
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you're after. You can also try export http_proxy of course. It assumes th=
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you know the LAN IP address of your web gateway/firewall at work - i.e. tha=
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your work's MSWindows configuration allows plain users to view the MSIE=20
Internet Settings, or your sysadmin will let you know what the address is. =
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not, boot a LiveCD on a works computer, mount its MSWindows C:\ drive and=20
search for "proxy". It should lurk somewhere in the registry settings. =20
BartsPE CD will also help you find that, as it can search natively the=20
registry.

BTW, if this is anything like my work, then only outbound connections to po=
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80 are allowed and rsync will not work. Follow the webrsync advice above.

HTH.
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Regards,
Mick

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