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@@ -1476,6 +1476,22 @@ compressed suffixes such as ``diff.gz`` and ``patch.bz2``, for example. | |||
1476 | The build system automatically applies patches as described in the | 1476 | The build system automatically applies patches as described in the |
1477 | ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:patching code`" section. | 1477 | ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:patching code`" section. |
1478 | 1478 | ||
1479 | Fetching Code Through Firewalls | ||
1480 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
1481 | |||
1482 | Some users are behind firewalls and need to fetch code through a proxy. | ||
1483 | See the ":doc:`/ref-manual/faq`" chapter for advice. | ||
1484 | |||
1485 | Limiting the Number of Parallel Connections | ||
1486 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
1487 | |||
1488 | Some users are behind firewalls or use servers where the number of parallel | ||
1489 | connections is limited. In such cases, you can limit the number of fetch | ||
1490 | tasks being run in parallel by adding the following to your ``local.conf`` | ||
1491 | file:: | ||
1492 | |||
1493 | do_fetch[number_threads] = "4" | ||
1494 | |||
1479 | Unpacking Code | 1495 | Unpacking Code |
1480 | -------------- | 1496 | -------------- |
1481 | 1497 | ||