From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 26 2: 5:49 2002 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 1349B37B400 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 02:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from perimeter.co.za (obelix.perimeter.co.za [209.212.102.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E01A43E72 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 02:05:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@perimeter.co.za) Received: from PATRICK (gateway.mip.co.za [209.212.102.245]) (AUTH: LOGIN bsd@perimeter.co.za) by perimeter.co.za with esmtp; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:05:40 +0200 Message-ID: <019501c24cdf$fb35f2f0$b50d030a@PATRICK> From: "Patrick O'Reilly" To: "Brossin Pierrick" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <014001c24caa$b604e2c0$da1502df@lmsidi> <20020826073113.GA8948@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <1030350742.3d69e796d64b7@www.swissgeeks.com> <017201c24cdb$f4d258d0$b50d030a@PATRICK> <1030351593.3d69eae937a44@www.swissgeeks.com> Subject: Re: Is there a way to cvsup through proxy ? Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:07:15 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Brossin Pierrick" > > Yes - cvsup uses port 5999 if memory serves... > > Yes if I recall correctly your right :) > > So is there a way to update the ports tree and sources through a http proxy ? :) > That depends on the proxy in question, but essentially you need to allow the connection right through. cvsup is not HTTP, so don't let the proxy try to be too smart (caching, etc.) Patrick. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message