Subject: Re: is CVS the only way to update pkgsrc?
To: Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org>
From: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@in-nomine.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/07/2005 14:45:12
-On [20050607 14:38], Gavan Fantom (gavan@coolfactor.org) wrote:
>Geert Hendrickx wrote:
>>The _uncool_ kids would download and untar pkgsrc.tar.gz on a regular
>>basis.  And AFAIK, it's the only option when you're behind a proxy. :(  
>
>That's when you ask your sysadmin to set up a SOCKS proxy.

Provided you are blessed with one that knows their stuff, not so common.

Furthermore, recent CVS version, if I recall correctly, support CVS through
HTTP proxies.  At least for checkout.

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