Summary: | x86 install instructions for use of proxy cause problems with emerge / portage | ||
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Product: | [OLD] Docs-user | Reporter: | Jeff Hayes <jeff.hayes> |
Component: | Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide | Assignee: | Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift> |
Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | x86 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
URL: | http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Jeff Hayes
2003-05-05 06:51:25 UTC
I'll take a look at this, I also have Pandora, but couldn't rsync without proxy-settings. Perhaps this has changed. Concerning the first problem, the document sais: """ You may want to also try pinging your ISP's DNS server (found in /etc/resolv.conf), and a Web site of choice, just to make sure that your packets are reaching the net, DNS name resolution is working correctly, etc. """ So ppl should already check /etc/resolv.conf. In your case you'll notice that the nameservers where incorrect and such. Or you change it manually, or you follow the next step (net-config eth0), if that doesn't work: dhcp, if that doesn't work manual... Eventually you'll have a working network configuration. Concerning proxies: if a proxy denies access to some servers because they can be reached without the proxy, then that's a problem of the proxy and not of the client. In other words: proxy.pandora.be is wrong. It can also be that belnet itself denies access from proxies (because it doesn't want it's content proxied). That's an error on belnet's behalf. So there are plenty of reasons why you get this behaviour. It's not easy to write documentation that contains all possible situations. I'll change the wording in the document so that ppl should first check it without setting the environment variables, and if that doesn't work they should follow the guidelines. Fixed in CVS. |