Hi, Stuart Henderson wrote: > 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.
This is a must, I need pkg_add -u via tor. ..? > > 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...