[gentoo-user] BOINC and https
I'm trying to use BOINC to participate in some of the distributed computing projects out there, however, I am having trouble attaching to the worldcommunitygrid.org project. I provide boinc with the URL and account key. It successfully downloads the master page, but then blows up trying to access an https URL with a cannot resolve hostname error. My web browser can access the URL fine. I have the SSL use flag globally enabled. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong? I appears to be a bug, but I'd like to get input here before submitting an issue to b.g.o. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] BOINC and https
Unmerge the BOINC from portage and download/manually install it from the site. The version in portage is very old and for some reason, it hasn't been updated. I had the same problem with the same project until I upgraded to 5.2.13. I contacted the project and they confirmed that the old versions don't work at all. I guess they have some kind of restriction with old versions. As soon as I did the upgrade, everything worked perfectly. I haven't had a problem for over a month. On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 15:41 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I'm trying to use BOINC to participate in some of the distributed computing projects out there, however, I am having trouble attaching to the worldcommunitygrid.org project. I provide boinc with the URL and account key. It successfully downloads the master page, but then blows up trying to access an https URL with a cannot resolve hostname error. My web browser can access the URL fine. I have the SSL use flag globally enabled. Can anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong? I appears to be a bug, but I'd like to get input here before submitting an issue to b.g.o. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- Statux [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] BOINC and https
Statux schreef: Unmerge the BOINC from portage and download/manually install it from the site. The version in portage is very old and for some reason, it hasn't been updated. I've been wondering about this issue myself-- my bf runs BOINC (and in fact is a tester thereof) under Windows, and he's asked me to run it as well (for that Linux perspective). I have no objection, but I was somewhat concerned by that old version in Portage. I haven't had time to try to figure out what to do about it (submit a bug, I suppose), but it's kinda left me hanging. I know I can perfectly well install the current version from the site, but I really don't want this program to be unmanaged by Portage (I don't so much like having loose apps; it's a thing), and I know better (since I live with a tester) than to install the version in Portage, because I have a sense of just how old it is and how very unlikely it is to work; there have been a lot of changes under the hood to BOINC lately. Which is why I find the situation so odd-- how is it that the maintainer has missed the very active development that's been going on?-- and I tend to be a bit more hesitant to mix into noticeably odd situations. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] BOINC and https
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 23:26 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Statux schreef: Unmerge the BOINC from portage and download/manually install it from the site. The version in portage is very old and for some reason, it hasn't been updated. I haven't had time to try to figure out what to do about it (submit a bug, I suppose), but it's kinda left me hanging. I know I can perfectly well install the current version from the site, but I really don't want this program to be unmanaged by Portage (I don't so much like having loose apps; it's a thing), and I know better (since I live with a tester) than to install the version in Portage, because I have a sense of just how old it is and how very unlikely it is to work; there have been a lot of changes under the hood to BOINC lately. Which is why I find the situation so odd-- how is it that the maintainer has missed the very active development that's been going on?-- and I tend to be a bit more hesitant to mix into noticeably odd situations. Actually it looks like it is being actively maintained. However, the latest version in portage is in package.mask. Below is the entry: # Marcus D. Hanwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (05 Dec 2005) # New version - initial testing =sci-misc/boinc-5.2.14 Regards, Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] BOINC and https
Paul Varner schreef: On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 23:26 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Statux schreef: Unmerge the BOINC from portage and download/manually install it from the site. The version in portage is very old and for some reason, it hasn't been updated. snip Which is why I find the situation so odd-- how is it that the maintainer has missed the very active development that's been going on? Actually it looks like it is being actively maintained. However, the latest version in portage is in package.mask. Below is the entry: # Marcus D. Hanwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (05 Dec 2005) # New version - initial testing =sci-misc/boinc-5.2.14 Thanks for the heads-up. Now I feel better :-) . Don't know if I want to unmask it just this minute, but at least I *can*. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
