cvsup behind http proxy

[Feroz F. Basir]

HI,

Thanks for the info. I iwll try CTM then.


 --- Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org> wrote: > 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
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