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(-)

 Signed-off-by: dank@kegel.com

 Raising the size of the hash table is a noticable win when linking 

 at least one large app.  

 There was a patch,

 http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-06/msg00165.html

 to do this dynamically.  No idea why that didn't make it in.

 So this tiny change to raise the default size is just

 a stopgap for now.

 --- binutils-2.15/bfd/hash.c.old	2003-12-01 01:33:01.000000000 -0500

 +++ binutils-2.15/bfd/hash.c	2006-03-01 16:26:26.701991000 -0500

 @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@

  */

  /* The default number of entries to use when creating a hash table.  */

 -#define DEFAULT_SIZE (4051)

 +#define DEFAULT_SIZE (32749)

  /* Create a new hash table, given a number of entries.  */