Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 18:49:36 +0200 From: Martin Krzysiak <cinek@gmx.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading stable behind a proxy Message-ID: <200305211849.36430.cinek@gmx.de>
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My PC at work is behind an HTTP-proxy which I don't have access to. I want to upgrade my FreeBSD from 4.7 to stable. Problem number 1 - cvsup: How do I specify a HTTP-proxy (which does not accept a CONNECT command) for cvsup? Problem number 2 - custom install (not a FreeBSD problem): I found out the proxy is broken and I cannot download files with certain extensions (.ai for example; NO! It's not a filter! The proxy is _really_ broken! It's running on Windows, so I don't know about it.). So I cannot simply download files like '.aa' to '.zz' from the http/ftp-mirrors. Additional remark: I am really glad that fetch works (.tgz & .tbz), so I can build ports at least, but cvsup'ing the ports-tree is impossible, too (I am always downloading it in one ports.tar.gz file). Small request: is it possible to use other extensions for the splitted files on the servers? I know it's a difficult thing. I suppose, you want to keep the 8.3 MS-DOS style. Problem number 3 - downloading snapshots: I downloaded one from an official mirror. I mounted the image and started "./install.sh all" (I think) inside the sources-directory. I thought it would install "the world", after a "make buildworld" it said something about missing openssl sources. (I checked the MD5, it was ok.) I guess rsync over the broken proxy (without CONNECT) will not work either. I think I will burn my "world" from here on CD. Any other ideas? Martin
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