On 6 Dec, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > Dirk> wget works for me behind a firewall at work. All it needs are the > Dirk> http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables pointing the correct > Dirk> proxy server. > > Manoj> Would the installer script know how to set these variables? > > Does it have to ? They are exported from ~/.profile. Everyone in the worlds ~/.profile. Anyone who is going to need gated (or even know of its existance) will have no problem finding it at an ftp site listed in /usr/doc/gated (or something). Why make the package to complicated. -- Dale James Thompson (tdale@okstate.edu)
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