Thank you very much for the information. I'll forward it onto fink-core so that we can come up with how to implement it in the fink code without having a hardcoded proxy.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:05 AM, TANAKA Atushi <atan...@hotcake.halfmoon.jp> wrote: > Hi > > I'm sending a reply to a mail about using cvs for fink > behind a firewall using a http proxy. I found this mail > in the web archive. > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=49B5DDF0.4030109%40gmail.com&forum_name=fink-users > > From: Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gm...> - 2009-03-10 03:27 >> As best as I can tell, our cvs-proxy package doesn't work on Leopard >> (possibly not even on Tiger); and I've discontinued providing cvs there >> in any case, since Xcode provides the latest version. I'm trying to >> find a more reliable solution for people with http proxies. I don't >> have one, myself, and I don't really have enough time to try setting one up. >> >> According to the info page for cvs on Leopard, people should be able to >> try the following syntax there: >> >> cvs d-:pserver;proxy=www.myproxy.net;proxyport=8000:\ >> anonym...@fi...:/cvsroot/fink login >> >> cvs d-:pserver;proxy=www.myproxy.net;proxyport=8000:\ >> anonym...@fi...:/cvsroot/fink co fink >> >> where you need to replace 'www.myproxy.net' by your proxy address, and >> '8000' by your actual proxy port. > > > I confirmed that the way above actually works in our macs with > Snow Leopard and Leopard, if we put several quotations("), e.g., > > cvs -d":pserver;proxy=proxy.example.com;proxyport=8080:anonymous@(soory I > forgot the strings here)/cvsroot/fink" login > > To realize it, I hardcoded this at perlmod/Fink/SelfUpdate/CVS.pm > in fink-0.29.10: > > --- CVS.pm.orig 2010-02-03 11:57:14.000000000 +0900 > +++ CVS.pm 2010-02-03 12:40:37.000000000 +0900 > @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ > $cmd = "cvs ${verbosity} -z3 -d$cvsrepository"; > } > else { > - $cmd = "cvs -d:pserver:anonymo...@$cvsrepository > login"; > + $cmd = "cvs > -d\":pserver;proxy=proxy.example.com;proxyport=8080:anonymo...@$cvsrepository\" > login"; > if ($username ne "root") { > $cmd = "/usr/bin/su $username -c '$cmd'"; > } > @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ > die "Logging into the CVS server for > anonymous read-only access failed.\n"; > } > else { > - $cmd = "cvs ${verbosity} -z3 > -d:pserver:anonymo...@$cvsrepository"; > + $cmd = "cvs ${verbosity} -z3 > -d\":pserver;proxy=proxy.example.com;proxyport=8080:anonymo...@$cvsrepository\""; > } > } > } else { > > I know hardcoding the proxy configulation is stupid, but > it works for me. > > > By the way, the specification of proxy in cvs command line has a side > effect that the postinst of fink-mirror fails. This must be resolved > by the following patch: > > --- /sw/lib/fink/mirror/postinstall.pl.orig 2010-02-03 13:06:10.000000000 > +0900 > +++ /sw/lib/fink/mirror/postinstall.pl 2010-02-03 13:19:19.000000000 > +0900 > @@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ > open(IN,'<',"$sentinel_cvs/Root") or die "can't open > $sentinel_cvs/Root: $!"; > while (defined($_=<IN>)) { > chomp; > - if (/^(:\w+:\w+)@(.+)$/) { > + if (/^(:\S+:\S+)@(.+)$/) { > $method_user = $1; > $repo = $2; > } > } > close(IN); > die "couldn't parse $sentinel_cvs/Root\n" unless ((defined > $method_user) and (defined $repo)); > - if (defined $method_user and $method_user eq ":pserver:anonymous") { > + if (defined $method_user and $method_user =~ > /^:pserver(.*):anonymous$/) { > $repo_file = "/sw/lib/fink/URL/anonymous-cvs"; > } else { > $repo_file = "/sw/lib/fink/URL/developer-cvs"; > > Sincerely, > Atushi Tanaka > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
