Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:45:22 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Michael <mlmichael70@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade over http only Message-ID: <4D30C3F2.5030705@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimDknp7BwouS8O8fPJjDaL9zwyeZvbMu10uEmYv@mail.gmail.com> References: <4D30BB03.9030404@gmail.com> <AANLkTimDknp7BwouS8O8fPJjDaL9zwyeZvbMu10uEmYv@mail.gmail.com>
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On 14/01/2011 21:32, Adam Vande More wrote:
> 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.
>
MASTER_SORT = http
in /etc/make.conf -- should make the ports try http sites first.
Cheers,
Matthew
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