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Date:      Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:32:32 -0600
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: portupgrade over http only
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to force portupgrade to use only http protocol where
> possible and skip the ftp servers?
>
> It's because currently I'm using very restrictive public access point where
> they block everything other than port 80 and I don't have a chance to set up
> a tunnel or proxy anywhere outside that network.
>
> When I try to:
> portupgrade -arRF
> it looks like it prefers ftp. Eventually it falls back to http but it takes
> ages before it tries all ftp servers. What to do?
>


You could set FTP_TIMEOUT to an absurdly low value.

-- 
Adam Vande More



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