Thanks Alex! As long as I won't be doing a selfupdate often, it's not too hard to modify the configuration file to disable the proxy temporarily.
~ David On Dec 6, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/6/11 2:24 PM, David Smiley @MITRE.org wrote: >> >> I am a long time fink user, using it behind a corporate http >> firewall which has forced me to use the CVS update method instead >> of rsync. My corporate firewalls permit CVS through directly. I >> cannot use CVS through the HTTP proxy since the HTTP proxy blocks >> connections that don't target port 80. My fink setup was quite old >> so I completely started afresh on my new Lion based system. In the >> latest fink release, fink apparently tries to be smart and insists >> that CVS use the http proxy setting I have with fink. This fails. >> How do I fix this? I tried temporarily disabling my fink http >> proxy setting but as soon as the CVS update finishes, it >> immediately times out & fails when it it tries to fetch something >> over the web. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> ~ David > You can switch your proxy back on once you're done with your update > via CVS. > > The base packages which were being downloaded during the selfupdate > can be updated through "fink update <package>" or "fink update-all" as > well. > > - -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk7edYsACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ/iTQCghE0c3vd5nKxXnOF3YER5K6D0 > rAgAn07SHXkdMYrcbuuT/LN8XoiujZYs > =TtcF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
