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Date:      Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:34:01 +0200
From:      Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
To:        Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: proxy problems when updating ports
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>

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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:25:09 -0800 (PST)
Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> 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



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