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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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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

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