emerge-webrsync can be used to perform emerge sync in first instance. This is good because it can be used with a http proxy using the wget program. A nice feature of the wget program is that it fully supports http and http authenticated proxy. To make use of this use the following command: export http_proxy="http://[username]:[password]@proxy.host.name:[port]/" export ftp_proxy="http://[username]:[password]@proxy.host.name:[port]/" These commands are mentioned in the installation guide, however the information about using the [username]:[password]@ combination is not present and will make things easier for everyone if it is discussed in the install guide. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
I'll take this
I've added this to the Installation guide: """ If your proxy requires authentification, add username:password@ to the above variables, like in the following example for an HTTP proxy: Code listing 4.9: Example: Setting up HTTP Proxy with authentification # export http_proxy:"http://jhondo:DeJzzsG9e@proxy.company.com:8080 """ You can view the result at http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/gentoo-x86-install.html Unless there are objections, I'll add this to the CVS tomorrow.
I've got word this one doesn't work, I'll keep this one on hold. Please keep me posted.
Been here for too long. Invalidating
