From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 08:32:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F5816A4CE for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:32:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09D843D41 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:32:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 1222 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2004 16:32:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 10 Feb 2004 16:32:19 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id DC72721; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:34:01 +0200 (EET) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:34:01 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Dino Vliet Message-Id: <20040210183401.0dc4aef7@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <20040210162509.86515.qmail@web40101.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040210162509.86515.qmail@web40101.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proxy problems when updating ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:32:21 -0000 On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:25:09 -0800 (PST) Dino Vliet wrote: > I can't use the cvsup method of updating my ports > collection because I'm behind a proxy server and no > matter what I try (like putting HTTP_PROXY = my.proxy > in my environment as superuser and rerunning cvsup), > my system can't seem to connect..... > > Is there another way of obtaining the same? Use CTM: /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ctm.html > In the handbook, you could use /stand/sysinstall. But > if I do that, what files under /usr/ports do I have to > backup (like /usr/ports/distfile for instance..) > Will that work? If I just use /stand/sysinstall to > copy the whole ports collection again (I then use the > http proxy as installation medium...) Read again, you haven't got it right. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user