Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:01:54 +0900 From: horio shoichi <bugsgrief@bugsgrief.net> To: mike bueide <mbueide@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetch and portinstall Message-ID: <20031207.040155.b15b0f3b8fdd820a.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net> In-Reply-To: <20031206070902.GA1320@charter.net> References: <20031206070902.GA1320@charter.net>
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 00:09:02 -0700 mike bueide <mbueide@charter.net> wrote: > > When I install or upgrade a port, all attempts to an HTTP > URL fetch are timing out. Typically I'll just sudo > portupgrade a port I wish to install. > > I am behind a firewall that uses nat and stateful rules. > Ftp fetches work just fine. I just would like to speed > things up a bit by either causing the HTTP attempts to time > out sooner or authorize them somehow. > > I have done digging via man fetch. It mentions some > environment variables that can be set: > > HTTP_AUTH (man 3 fetch) > HTTP_TIMEOUT (man 1 fetch) > > I don't understand what user-name / password combination for > HTTP_AUTH could be set to enable HTTP fetches. Is it the > same as the anonymous/email_address used when manually > logging into ftp sites as a guest? > > And, if I set these ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES, do I need them > set it in the root shell, or the user running sudo? > > Thanks to any who might respond. > > -- > Michael Bueide > mbueide (at) charter (dot) net . > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > The site is misconfigured, or is simply down for a moment ? Can you ping or traceroute to the host ? If the site seems running, try with "FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=-vv" and see what the "real" complaints are meant. horio shoichi
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