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:pserver;proxy=www.myproxy.net;proxyport=8000:PSERVER_CONNECTION_ST\ RING:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/fink The ; are not typos--I copied this right from the cvs info page on my system. Put in the appropriate proxy configuration stuff from your network. On Mar 30, 2008, at 5:14 AM, Stephen M Jones wrote: > >> Did you set proxies via "fink configure" ? > > Yes. When I manually download .info and .patch files > for a particular package and then do fink install package, > everything works automatically as it should. > >> According to the Environment Variables section of "info cvs" for >> the version >> which comes with Leopard (assuming that's what you're on, too), you >> might >> want to set CVS_PROXY_PORT to match your http proxy: > > This doesn't seem to make any difference. > What should CVSROOT be set as? I have no such variable by > default. I have played around without apparent effect. > > s > > > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >> I'm cc'ing the fink-users mailing list so that others can provide >> input or >> benefit from the discussion. >> >> I don't recall that we ever came to a resolution on this. >> >> Did you set proxies via "fink configure" ? >> >> According to the Environment Variables section of "info cvs" for >> the version >> which comes with Leopard (assuming that's what you're on, too), you >> might >> want to set CVS_PROXY_PORT to match your http proxy: >> >> `$CVS_PROXY_PORT' >> Used in client-server mode to set the port to use when accessing a >> server via a web proxy, if the port is not specified in the >> CVSROOT. Works with GSSAPI, and the password authentication >> protocol. *note Remote repositories:: >> >> >> (replacing the proxy stuff by those that are applicable to your >> network) >> >> On Friday 28 March 2008 03:42:44 pm Stephen M Jones wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Did you or your correspondent ever resolve the rsync >>> problem in the [Fink-beginners] thread below? I >>> have exactly the same problem with rsync. I'm >>> behind a firewall and I had a hunch that that is >>> the problem but I've no idea how to proceed. >>> >>> There's a similar problem with selfupdate-cvs, as follows >>> >>> Now logging into the CVS server. When CVS asks you for a password, >>> just >>> press return (i.e. the password is empty). >>> /usr/bin/su smj -c 'cvs >>> -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/fink login' >>> Logging >>> in to :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2401/cvsroot/ >>> fink CVS >>> password: >>> cvs [login aborted]: connect to > >> >>>>> On Mar 16, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>>>>> On Mar 16, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Andrew Friedman wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I recently reinstalled fink 0.28 on mac os 10.5.2 following the >>>>>>> instructions on http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The installation seemed to work. However, when I run 'fink >>>>>>> selfupdate', I get the following connection error message: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [Macintosh-4:~/fink-0.28.0] andrewfriedman% fink selfupdate >>>>>>> rsync -az -q rsync://bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo// >>>>>>> TIMESTAMP / >>>>>>> sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp >>>>>>> rsync: failed to connect to bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net: >>>>>>> Connection >>>>>>> refused (61) >>>>>>> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/ >>>>>>> rsync-30/rsync/clientserver.c(94) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I get similar messages when I try different mirrors. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do you have any suggestions? I am connecting from the UK, and >>>>>>> I am a >>>>>>> relative newcomer to both the UNIX terminal and to fink. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you in advance, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andrew Friedman >>>>>> >>>>>> Which mirrors have you tried? The bru. one has been reported as >>>>>> being dodgy, but others work, at least here. >> >> >>> fink.cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.97):2401 failed: Connection >>> refused ### >>> execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1 >>> Failed: Logging into the CVS server for anonymous read-only access >>> failed. >>> >>> At the moment I'm getting round the inability to selfupdate >>> by manually downloading the .info and .patch files for the >>> packages I need: very slow. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> Thread from [Fink-beginners] >>> >>>> Are you going through a firewall by chance? >>>> >>>> On Mar 16, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Andrew Friedman wrote: >>>>> Thanks for getting back to me. I reset 'fink configure' to the >>>>> U.S. >>>>> mirror and I still get the same error: >>>>> >>>>> rsync -az -q rsync://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo// >>>>> TIMESTAMP / >>>>> sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp >>>>> rsync: failed to connect to msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net: Connection >>>>> refused (61) >>>>> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/ >>>>> rsync-30/rsync/clientserver.c(94) >>>>> >>>>> It retries other mirrors, which give me similar error messages. >>>>> >>>>> Andrew >> >> -- >> Alexander K. Hansen >> akh AT finkproject DOT org >> Fink User Liaison and Documenter >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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