cvsup behind http proxy

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:19:37AM +0100, staf wagemakers wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:14:14PM +0000, Feroz F. Basir wrote:
> > 
> > anybody ever cvsup behind http proxy? The only way to
> > go out (internet) is going through http proxy. And
> > this http require authentication as well. Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> 
> Try to set "HTTP_PROXY" & "HTTP_AUTH" variable:
> 
> # HTTP_PROXY=your.proxy
> # HTTP_AUTH=login:pass
> # export HTTP_PROXY HTTP_AUTH
> # cvsup -L 2 my_supfile

cvsup doesn't use http, so a http proxy won't be any use to you.  You
could use something like httptunnel to tunnel to a site outside the
firewall, or an alternative source distribution method like ctm (which
uses email).

Kris