Allow using an HTTP proxy to tunnel FTP and HTTP requests.

 scripts/crosstool.sh |   14    14     0     0 +++++++++++++
 config/global.in     |   54    54     0     0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)

1 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/config/global.in b/config/global.in
index d0744f35..b971ee6c 100644
--- a/config/global.in
+++ b/config/global.in
@@ -246,6 +246,60 @@ config ONLY_DOWNLOAD
       
       Usefull to pre-retrieve the tarballs before going off-line.
 
+choice
+    bool
+    prompt "Proxy type"
+    default USE_NO_PROXY
+
+config USE_NO_PROXY
+    bool
+    prompt "No proxy"
+    help
+      Select this option if you have a direct connection to the internet,
+      or if you already set the environment adequately.
+
+config USE_HTTP_PROXY
+    bool
+    prompt "HTTP proxy"
+    help
+      Use an HTTP proxy to connect to to the internet.
+      Onlt the http and ftp protocols will be tunneled through this
+      proxy.
+
+      Alternatively to setting this options, you can set and export
+      the following variable in your environment:
+        ftp_proxy=http://user:passwd@proxy.server:port/
+        http_proxy=http://user:passwd@proxy.server:port/
+        https_proxy=http://user:passwd@proxy.server:port/
+
+# Haha! Here is an interesting feature/bug of mconf!
+# The following config entries will be shown out-side the
+# choice menu!
+# To add a third entry in the choice menu, add it after the
+# if...endif conditional below, and so on for a fourth entry...
+if USE_HTTP_PROXY
+
+config HTTP_PROXY_HOST
+    string
+    prompt "HTTP proxy hostname/IP"
+
+config HTTP_PROXY_PORT
+    int
+    prompt "HTTP proxy port"
+    
+config HTTP_PROXY_USER
+    string
+    prompt "HTTP proxy user name"
+
+config HTTP_PROXY_PASSWD
+    string
+    prompt "HTTP proxy password"
+
+endif # USE_HTTP_PROXY
+
+endchoice
+
+# Force restore indentation
 config FOOBAR
 
 if ! ONLY_DOWNLOAD