fre 2008-03-28 klockan 09:21 +0000 skrev Mick: > On Thursday 27 March 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > > I'd say, try http. > > > > > > Jeez. You didn't read the original posting, did you? It's FTP, period. > > > > It's FTP, which is blocked by the firewall, so use only HTTP mirrors > > in /etc/make.conf. There is no requirement to use FTP for downloads. If > > rsync is also blocked, use emerge-webrsync to update the portage tree > > over HTTP. > > export ftp_proxy=XXX.XX.XXX.XX:80 && emerge -uaDv world, should do what > you're after. You can also try export http_proxy of course. It assumes that > you know the LAN IP address of your web gateway/firewall at work - i.e. that > your work's MSWindows configuration allows plain users to view the MSIE > Internet Settings, or your sysadmin will let you know what the address is. > If > not, boot a LiveCD on a works computer, mount its MSWindows C:\ drive and > search for "proxy". It should lurk somewhere in the registry settings. > BartsPE CD will also help you find that, as it can search natively the > registry. > > BTW, if this is anything like my work, then only outbound connections to port > 80 are allowed and rsync will not work. Follow the webrsync advice above. > > HTH.
Hi, You should also set RSYNC_PROXY to "hostname:port" in order for "emerge --sync" to work. BR / P-E -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
