[LinuxBIOS] Using tla (gnuarch) through a proxy server/firewall

[Ken Fuchs]

I'm trying to setup tla access to the LinuxBIOS (openbios.org) archive
through a proxy server that also functions as a firewall.

The proxy server is denying access when I try to do:

$ tla register-archive \
      ftp://openbios.org/pub/arch/[e-mail]--devel

Can http be used instead of ftp in the above URL?

I'm using the following environment variable, defined with

$ ftp_proxy = http://<username>:<password>@<proxy-server>:<proxy-port>
$ export ftp_proxy

where <username>, <password>, <proxy-server>, <proxy-port> are all
replaced by literal values acceptable to the proxy server.

I've tried to use google to shed light on this issue, but haven't found
anything useful.

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I've got yum working through this proxy server using http_proxy:

$ http_proxy = http://<username>:<password>@<proxy-server>:<proxy-port>
$ export http_proxy

So, I know that at least http passes through the proxy server just fine.

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Any suggestions or comments?

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs