On Tuesday 26 February 2008 04:21:05 am Nick Hall wrote: > > Doing a CVS update in Fink isn't anything too special--it's just > > updating a bunch of text documents from the remote server. Your > > sysadmin should be able to give you a hand in this case as long as > > no HTTP proxy is required. > > well, that just makes it all the more frustrating ! > The size of the files is neither here nor there - its the fact that I > can't access them that's the problem. > My system administrator donesn't know what the problem is (and is > probably not predisposed to > spending time on it, as he doesn't support macs - he's linux/windows > only - go figure :) ).
He can run the _exact_ same command on a Linux box, or try a checkout on Windows with the same settings. CVS is platform-agnostic. If he'll do that, and it works, then the problem is localized to your machine. If he won't help, there's not a whole lot we can do, since the network settings are up to the admin. > > > Sourceforge's CVS access can be unreliable, so it's not impossible > > that you hit it during one of the periods where was under heavy load. > > I tried several times over the last two days always with the same > result - and your machine is promting me for a password so surely > that means I'm communicating with it. It isn't _our_ machine, really--we're users of it. That means we have a very limited ability to influence it. This is why we implemented rsync updating, which, unfortunately, doesn't necessarily work for everybody. It shouldn't prompt you for a password for _anonymous_ cvs access. That's not _your_ machine prompting for your admin password? The error message from an earlier message in the thread suggested (since it said "anoymous access failed" that the connection wasn't actually happening. Can you please post the _complete_ results of an attempt to run "fink selfupdate" so that we can see what is going on here? Actually, do "fink -vvv selfupdate" to crank up the verbosity to make sure that nothing gets missed. > > > If you do need a proxy, then that's a different matter. Fink's cvs- > > proxy instructions aren't actually applicable in your situation, > > because they assume that there is a binary distribution that you can > > access. There isn't one for 10.5 yet. > > As I said in my prior post, my understanding is that Apple's cvs > > from Xcode has proxy support built into it. A mailing list > > reference in that regard is > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel/15742/match=cvs . > > Well I had a look at that link - can't say I understood much. > Hopefully someone else on the list has coped with this and has an answer. > I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded in using CVS from Leopard - > and if so what they did different from > me. > People can use CVS--I do, as do the other developers. But I don't have a proxy set up (as it's just my home machine). That and I have a developer account and use non-anonymous CVS--which is on a different machine and is less subject to loading. Others use it, though--I'd wager that most of them don't have to go through a firewall. That's what's different. > Alternatively - would it be possible to distribute fink via ftp ? > What's the reason for not doing that ? > I'm not sure, but I'd guess it's historical. When the project started, we just had the sourceforge boxes, and I'm not sure they offer ftp access. > My only other choice is either to put this damn machine in the back of > the car and haul it home every time > I want to install something, or install fink plus all the code I want > on my wife's laptop and then copy her sw > directory here (would that work ?). Yes, as long as they're the same OS and architecture. > Niether of these options is really satisfatory ! > > If anyone can give me advice tuned for the non-expert I'd appreciate it. > > cheers > Nick > -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
