Using SOCKS 4/5 proxy is no easy task:
- a machine may well be able to reach the proxy, even if it is not on the same sub-net(s) as the machine itself (absolutely legitimate)
- tsocks.conf needs a list of so-called 'local' networks that can be reached without the need for a SOCKS connection
- SOCKS proxies are expected to be in 'local' networks
- there is absolutely NO way to tell what networks are local, besides the sub-net(s) the machine is in

Therefore, appropriate configuration of SOCKS 4/5 configuration is really complex, and attempts to correctly overcome this issue are doomed.

/trunk/scripts/crosstool.sh | 52 46 6 0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
/trunk/config/global/download_extract.in | 39 31 8 0 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff -dur binutils-2.17.old/ld/emultempl/elf32.em binutils-2.17/ld/emultempl/elf32.em

--- binutils-2.17.old/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2006-06-12 15:05:04.000000000 +0200

+++ binutils-2.17/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2007-05-01 18:26:13.000000000 +0200

@@ -970,6 +970,8 @@

 	      && command_line.rpath == NULL)

 	    {

 	      lib_path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");

+	      if ((lib_path) && (strlen (lib_path) == 0))

+		  lib_path = NULL;

 	      if (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_search_needed (lib_path, &n,

 						      force))

 		break;

@@ -1154,6 +1156,8 @@

   rpath = command_line.rpath;

   if (rpath == NULL)

     rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");

+  if ((rpath) && (strlen (rpath) == 0))

+      rpath = NULL;

   if (! (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections

 	 (output_bfd, command_line.soname, rpath,

 	  command_line.filter_shlib,