[darcs-users] Darcs and the HTTP library

Eric Kow kowey at darcs.net
Mon Dec 22 11:01:24 UTC 2008


On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:52:25 +0100, Salvatore Insalaco wrote:
> Actually cabal-install handle proxies, at least the non-authenticated
> ones, pretty well, as does the HTTP library.
> The "real" problem are "Negotiate" proxies, the ones used in Windows
> networks, that use a Kerberos-based protocol that requires a strict
> interaction with operating system to work.

> This leaves two cases to handle:
> A) Unauthenticated proxies
> B) BASIC-authenticated proxies

Is there an easy way to tell what kind of proxy server we are dealing
with?

Thanks!

NB: if this really works, we could also modify the warnings about HTTP
    being slow (maybe just enforce a higher version)

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Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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