Kevin Gardner wrote: > On Apr 13, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> Try grabbing the 10.4 cvs-proxy binary via a browser. >> >> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/fink-0.8.1/main/binary-darwin-i386/devel/ >> >> and then install it manually via e.g. >> >> sudo dpkg -i cvs-proxy_1.11.5-1_darwin-i386.deb >> <http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/fink-0.8.1/main/binary-darwin-i386/devel/cvs-proxy_1.11.5-1_darwin-i386.deb> >> >> I don't know if the people who can do the binary releases will do >> just one package. >> >> >> However, I was planning to _remove_ Fink's cvs from 10.5 . Our >> cvs-proxy package is well behind the curve, Apple's now is the same >> version as ours, and it works better; Fink's cvs-1.12.13 had issues, >> at least on Panther and Tiger, bogging down on compressed transfers. >> >> >> As for documenting it: I'll need help from someone who actually uses >> cvs via proxy with the built-in cvs from 10.5 . I don't use it, and >> the onboard documentation is admittedly not the most transparent. > > Many thanks for the suggestion, which I'm sorry to report isn't > panning out as I'd hoped. I've since been able to get a complete set > of updated .info and .patch files from another machine outside the > firewall, so I've been able to get a working fink distribution > (including a download and local build of cvs-proxy). > > This is an obviously kludgy workaround, so please count me as a glad > volunteer to work with anyone who has interest & experience in getting > Leopard's built-in cvs (or rsync) to work via proxy – > > Sincerely, > Kevin > > –––––––––––––––– > Kevin H. Gardner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry > Virginia Lazenby O'Hara Chair in Biochemistry > Chair, Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program > UT Southwestern Medical Center, Room ND8.300DA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > phone: 214-645-6365/FAX: -6353 > http://freedom7.swmed.edu > Also, an alternative mechanism for selfupdating is in the conceptual stage: to have a server generate a tarball of all of the .info and .patch files once a day, and to implement a "selfupdate-snapshot" (or whatever it's called) method in fink to download that via http.
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