Can I update my blog post with this info? It might be helpful for others. Ted Neward Java, .NET, XML Services Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing http://www.tedneward.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:build-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volker Simonis > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: mercurial forest extension doesn't honor "http_proxy" > environment variable > > Hi, > > I just had a real hard time to get the forest extension working and > finally found out that it was because the forest extension doesn't > honor the "http_proxy" environment variable. So I thought I'll post > it here in case anybody else will face the same problem in order to > save him some time. (If you're only interested in the solution of the > problem, you can skip the next paragraphs and jump right to the end of > this post). > > I installed Mercurial and the forest extension as described in various > places, here on the list and on the Web - that was the easy part:) > Afterwards I could do: > > /share/software/OpenJDK> hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/ > jdk7 > requesting all changes > adding changesets > adding manifests > adding file changes > added 2 changesets with 26 changes to 26 files > 26 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved > > So everything worked fine! Note that I'm behind a firewall, but > Mercurial correctly picked up my http proxy from the "http_proxy" > environment variable! > > But now, everytime I tried 'fclone', I got the following error: > > /share/software/OpenJDK> hg fclone > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/ jdk7 > [.] > abort: error: Name or service not known > > That was not amusing. First I thought I got something wrong during the > installation of the forest extension. I than used the '--traceback' > option to "hg" which told me that the error was in keepalive.py: > > /share/software/OpenJDK> hg --traceback fclone > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/ jdk7 > [.] > Traceback (most recent call last): > ... > File "/share/software/Python-2.5.1_bin/lib/python2.5/site- > packages/mercurial/keepalive.py", > line 328, in _start_transaction > raise urllib2.URLError(err) > URLError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')> > abort: error: Name or service not known > > So I enabled the debugging output in keepalive.py and realized, that > the first two connections to hg.openjdk.java.net where made trough the > proxy, while the third one (the first that actually fetches files), > wants to go directly to hg.openjdk.java.net, which badly fails: > > /share/software/OpenJDK> hg fclone > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/ jdk7 > keepalive.py - creating new connection to proxy:8080 (1078835788) > keepalive.py - STATUS: 200, OK > keepalive.py - re-using connection to proxy:8080 (1078835788) > keepalive.py - STATUS: 200, OK > [.] > keepalive.py - creating new connection to hg.openjdk.java.net > (1078970092) > abort: error: Name or service not known > > The problem can be fixed by adding the proxy settings to your .hgrc > file, like this: > > [http_proxy] > host=proxy:8080 > > where you have to replace "proxy:8080" with the name and the port of > your real proxy host! > > @Simon: I took your email address from Forest Extension Wiki page at > http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/ForestExtension where > you're listed as maintainer of the forest extension. Could you be so > kind to have a look at this problem and fix it if possible. > > Regards, > Volker > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1185 - Release Date: > 12/15/2007 12:00 PM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1185 - Release Date: 12/15/2007 12:00 PM
