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Date:      Wed, 21 May 2003 20:42:54 +0200
From:      Martin Krzysiak <cinek@gmx.de>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrading stable behind a proxy
Message-ID:  <200305212042.54766.cinek@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <3ECBB783.3030409@potentialtech.com>
References:  <200305211849.36430.cinek@gmx.de> <3ECBB783.3030409@potentialtech.com>

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On Wednesday 21 May 2003 19:29, you wrote:

> 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.

I tried hacking. It does not work like that. cvsup is using more than one 
connection while talking to a remote server (when I remember correctly, it 
binds ports to the local host).

> You're asking the FreeBSD team to rename a bunch of files to get around one
> (admittedly) broken proxy?

You are right, it does not make sense, sorry. I only asked, because I am not 
sure how mime-types are used on Windows and why the proxy-server has changed 
the contents.

Martin



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