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--- Per-Erik Westerberg <per-erik.westerberg@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> tor 2008-01-03 klockan 13:16 -0800 skrev BRM: |
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> > I have a couple Sparc systems. One has been running Gentoo for a |
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> long |
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> > time - installed using Gentoo 2006, not updated since due to the |
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> issue |
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> > I'm about the discuss - and the other is a near identical system |
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> that |
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> > might get Gentoo 2007 installed. Both are on two separate networks |
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> and |
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> > have no communication between them. |
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> > |
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> > The first system does have some Internet access through a firewall, |
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> but |
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> > it doesn't really work, at least for this purpose; so it's just as |
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> good |
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> > as not having any access at all for this purpose. |
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<snip> |
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> > In either case, I can't update portage using the normal method of |
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> > 'emerge --sync'. So, I'm trying to figure out a solution that would |
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> > enable me to update the systems. Under Slackware, I'd just point |
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> > pkgtool to the CD media and install from that, just like during |
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> > installation. Is there a similar approach for Gentoo? How do I |
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> overcome |
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> > the source mirror issue too so that the systems don't try to |
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> download |
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> > stuff from the web? |
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> > |
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> Have you tried to use a proxy (adjust accordingly)? |
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> export http_proxy=http://proxy.company.com:8080 |
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> export ftp_proxy=http://proxy.company.com:8080 |
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> export RSYNC_PROXY=proxy.company.com:8080 |
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Yes, I tried using the proxy on the one system. (The other system won't |
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even have that as an option.) The problem came there that the proxy is |
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an authenticated proxy, primarily designed to work with Windows. It |
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works fine from Firefox/Netscape in X Windows, but causes problems for |
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command-line tools and console browsers. So, in addition to my trying |
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to find a solution where a proxy is not an option, it is, for all |
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intents and purposes, a non-option any way. |
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Additionally, because it is an authenticated proxy, it is not an ideal |
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solution as it would leave the username/password for a user in plain |
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site of all users on the system as the info would be either in the |
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environment variables and/or the command-line options of a program. So, |
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from a security stand-point, it's not an option either since it |
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sometimes takes a day or so to perform updates. |
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TIA, |
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Ben |
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