Re: Newbie question on dselect

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 04-Apr-99 Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Um, no, the errors are because it can't resolve the host names.  You
> have to have a working DNS configuration (man resolv.conf).
> Alternatively, try IP numbers but I'm not sure if that will work or
> not.
> 
>> How do set the proxy server information in the
>> system.  What program or tool is available for this?
> 
> Well, this depends on your backend.  I deduce you are using apt.  In
> that case, set the 'http_proxy' variable.  I do:
> 
> export http_proxy=http://burrito:3128/
> dselect

Can I use any other port for this?  Squid is using port 3128 here.

--
Andrew

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