portupgrade over http only

[Matthew Seaman]

On 14/01/2011 21:32, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Michael <mlmichael70 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is it possible to force portupgrade to use only http protocol where
>> possible and skip the ftp servers?
>>
>> It's because currently I'm using very restrictive public access point where
>> they block everything other than port 80 and I don't have a chance to set up
>> a tunnel or proxy anywhere outside that network.
>>
>> When I try to:
>> portupgrade -arRF
>> it looks like it prefers ftp. Eventually it falls back to http but it takes
>> ages before it tries all ftp servers. What to do?
>>
> 
> 
> You could set FTP_TIMEOUT to an absurdly low value.
> 

MASTER_SORT = http

in /etc/make.conf -- should make the ports try http sites first.

	Cheers,

	Matthew


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