From 61af678505d81501ba8dfa8bc4a9aa0b1a61112a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Purdie Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:11:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] handbook/faq.xml: Add a QA about proxy server setup git-svn-id: https://svn.o-hand.com/repos/poky/trunk@5191 311d38ba-8fff-0310-9ca6-ca027cbcb966 --- handbook/faq.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/handbook/faq.xml b/handbook/faq.xml index 061ed563ce..4bd1b7a493 100644 --- a/handbook/faq.xml +++ b/handbook/faq.xml @@ -226,6 +226,24 @@ + + + + I'm behind a firewall and need to use a proxy server. How do I do that? + + + + + Most source fetching by Poky is done by wget and you therefore need to specify the proxy + settings in a .wgetrc file in your home directory. Example settings in that file would be + 'http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/' and 'ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/'. + Poky also includes a site.conf.sample file which shows how to configure cvs and git proxy servers + if needed. + + + + +