Hi there all. I've been wondering,... I'm borrowing some desk space at a company that has a really restrictive Internet access policy. A result of which is that I cant access anything over RSYNC. And I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue. Whats the chances the core, opt and xorg repo's could be tarballed up and put up on http/ftp nightly, sorta like how the NetBSD pkgsrc guys do it? -- I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have toubles with me! -- Dr. Seuss
Hi Ross, On Feb 18, 2008 2:02 PM, Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> wrote:
Hi there all.
I've been wondering,... I'm borrowing some desk space at a company that has a really restrictive Internet access policy. A result of which is that I cant access anything over RSYNC. And I'm sure I'm not the only one with this issue.
Whats the chances the core, opt and xorg repo's could be tarballed up and put up on http/ftp nightly, sorta like how the NetBSD pkgsrc guys do it? There are daily updated httpup repositories for the common (semi-)official repositories: http://crux.nu/ports/crux-2.4/
Here's an example httpup file for 2.1 (just adapt the URL for 2.4): http://crux.nu/files/core.httpup HTH, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann jw@smts.ch
Can httpup be configured for an authenticated proxy? For example to get wget to work I need to do: http_proxy=http://<domain>\<user>:<password>@<ip address>:<port> export http_proxy wget <url> Any thoughts on how to get that working?
On Feb 19, 2008 11:16 AM, Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> wrote:
Can httpup be configured for an authenticated proxy?
Yeah, you can provide an /etc/httpup.conf in the following format: proxy_host http://proxy.domain.net proxy_port 8080 proxy_user joe proxy_pass very_secret It used to be documented in the old wiki, but it got lost somehow... HTH, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann jw@smts.ch
Oh ok cool thanks How about we start a proper documentation project for CRUX and its derivatives?
On Feb 19, 2008 11:25 AM, Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> wrote:
Oh ok cool thanks
How about we start a proper documentation project for CRUX and its derivatives?
Well, as far as proxy support in httpup is concerned, httpup's fine man page documents this, it's just that people don't read it :-). That said more documentation is definitely a good idea. A good starting point to contribute is the public wiki: http://crux.nu/Public/HomePage Regards, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann jw@smts.ch
What I had in mind was a group of 5-10 people that are tasked with maintaining and writing a "manual" very much like the FreeBSD or NetBSD guides?
"Johannes Winkelmann" <jw@smts.ch> wrote:
On Feb 19, 2008 11:25 AM, Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> wrote:
Oh ok cool thanks
How about we start a proper documentation project for CRUX and its derivatives?
Well, as far as proxy support in httpup is concerned, httpup's fine man page documents this, it's just that people don't read it :-). That said more documentation is definitely a good idea. A good starting point to contribute is the public wiki: http://crux.nu/Public/HomePage
Could you please explain (once more) why the separation between public and "private" wiki is necessary and useful? Regards Matthias-Christian
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 17:42:54 +0100, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote: [...]
Could you please explain (once more) why the separation between public and "private" wiki is necessary and useful?
Like most other linux distros, there's an official website and official documentation which - for obvious reasons - is not meant to be changed by users. Then there's a wiki, which is open to contributions by users. It just happens to be the case that the official website is also maintained in wiki format, and instead of installing two wiki systems, and calling one "website" and the other "wiki", it's a single wiki installation with an official and a public part. Hope this helps, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@smts.ch Zurich, Switzerland http://jw.smts.ch
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 12:25:55PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote:
How about we start a proper documentation project for CRUX and its derivatives?
Hi, afaik the public area in the wiki [1] and the handbook are designed for this. About the proxy stuff: there is no need to document it again, because it's written in the man page. bye richi [1] http://crux.nu/Public/HomePage -- quoting guide: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html
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