On 2008-08-02, macintoshzoom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need an alternative to the default system fetch ftp used by pkg_add,
> something that could be socksified via dsocks, or that accepts to run
> through a socks server, e.g. FETCH_CMD="dsocks-torify.sh
> newsocksifiableftp", and that understands
> ${FETCH_CMD} -o - url (as per man pkg_add)
>
> Any one had success here?For normal pkg_add, try curl. > I want to run pkg_add -u routed via my (only) exit socks 4a/5 proxy > server (tor). But iirc, you won't be able to pkg_add -u with curl. Not sure what's up with ftp(1). First time I tried it, making a transfer via the ftp CLI, connecting through ssh -D1080 / dsocks, it transferred a file through socks, but then hanged at the end. If I try again, it just connects directly. Very odd...
