Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:46:19 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating freebsd without cvsup Message-ID: <20050916144619.GA11299@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <30132570.1126881522008.JavaMail.root@pswm16.cp.tin.it> References: <30132570.1126881522008.JavaMail.root@pswm16.cp.tin.it>
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--3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 03:38:42PM +0100, Vittorio wrote: > At office I have a freebsd 5.4 server to run postgresql. I'd like to=20 > update the ports in it from time to time but cvsup doesn't seem to work= =20 > behind our proxy. In fact, in make.conf I have the following two lines: >=20 > FETCH_ENV =3D HTTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://user:password@proxy.com:8080 > FETCH_ENV =3D=20 > FTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://user:password@proxy.com:8080 >=20 > which work smoothly when=20 > I compile a port via "make install clean" downloading the needed=20 > sources BUT they seem to be useless when cvsup is used. No way of=20 > reaching the cvsup server because unknown (is the same I use=20 > succesfully at home with an adsl connection!)! >=20 > Is there another=20 > alternative way of defining the proxy OR any other way of getting a new= =20 > source three to be copied to the server, e.g., by means of a cd burnt=20 > at home? cvsup doesn't use HTTP or FTP, so the above are not used. Try portsnap instead, which uses HTTP. Kris --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDKtq7Wry0BWjoQKURAjRyAKC7P7spkDdB5CWeZ0u3WEl6wIzFhwCg8RoJ kEDuH0tnsnJfRLluiDW87oc= =8ESE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3MwIy2ne0vdjdPXF--
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