Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 13:29:39 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Martin Krzysiak <cinek@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading stable behind a proxy Message-ID: <3ECBB783.3030409@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200305211849.36430.cinek@gmx.de> References: <200305211849.36430.cinek@gmx.de>
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Martin Krzysiak wrote: > 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? cvsup doesn't use HTTP, so there's really no way I know of to make it use an HTTP proxy without a lot of magic or messy hacking. > 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. Replace it with something NOT broken or download the ISO image somewhere that doesn't have a broken proxy and install from it or buy the ISO from FreeBSDMall. > 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. I had to be cynical, but: You're asking the FreeBSD team to rename a bunch of files to get around one (admittedly) broken proxy? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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