AW: [cdt-dev] CVS access behing firewalls

["Ploett, Norbert" <norbert.ploett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everybody,

thanks for condolations and good advice, especially since this is not a CVS access mailing list. Yeah, I tried quite a few of your advices but am afraid I find myself in the position Chris describes: Behind a http proxy, and not even proxy-aware tunneling to proxy.eclipse.org:80 is allowed (gets me a http 403: forbidden from the proxy).

I could resort to cvsgrab (http://cvsgrab.sourceforge.net/) which downloads the sources and CVS control information, but when I import this project into eclipse, then eclipse does not "know" about it's dependency from a CVS repository. This would then be my workflow:

- Download the CVS HEAD state of the project with cvsgrab (takes about 30 min for org.eclipse.cdt.core with 2.173 files...)
- Import the existing project into the workspace.
- Still check it into a local version control.
- Do my changes, create the patches and submit them.

Doug, do you think you can work with this type of patches which have the file structure of the repository even though they have lost the precise information about the repository they came from?

Thanks,


Norbert


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Recoskie, Chris
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. November 2005 04:32
An: CDT General developers list.
Betreff: RE: [cdt-dev] CVS access behing firewalls

This only works if your firewall is setup to just pass through traffic
on port 80.  If you have to use an HTTP proxy like we do, you're hosed.

WinCVS and CVSNT will use HTTP proxies.  I was using them successfully
prior to getting my full committer access, although it was admittedly a
PITA.

___________________________________________
 
Chris Recoskie
Software Designer
Texas Instruments, Toronto
http://eclipse.org/cdt
 
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of Todd Papaioannou
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:09 PM
> To: 'CDT General developers list.'
> Subject: RE: [cdt-dev] CVS access behing firewalls
> 
> I dunno if you've tried, but there is already a proxy setup up to
> access Eclipse CVS. Details can be found here:
> 
> http://dev.eclipse.org/cvshowto.html
> 
> I'm able to access CVS at work, even though port 2401
> is blocked, because the proxy is on port 80.
> 
> Todd
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wieant Nielander
> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:13 AM
> > To: CDT General developers list.
> > Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] CVS access behing firewalls
> >
> >
> > > OUCH! My company's IT security is blocking me from direct
> > CVS access
> > > to the eclipse host. So this was my procedure for creating
patches:
> >   ...
> > > Here are my current options:
> > >
> > > - Go through the pain with cvsgrab
> > > - Doug goes through the pain of applying my patches just
> > the same :-)
> > > - Somebody gives me a hint how to access eclipse CVS through a
proxy
> > > - Wait a month until I have highspeed internet access at
> > home and can
> > > work from there
> >
> > To use a proxy you probably need your IT department to
> > install one, they should be able to install one specifically
> > for the eclipse cvs repositiries, then instead of using the
> > direct eclipse cvs domain
> > (dev.eclipse.org) you can use the proxy address.
> >
> > If they refuse then here's a link to the GNU view on
> > accessing cvs repositories from behind a firewall/proxy. It
> > is called complainware so after using it you will have to
> > complain to your system admin...
> >
> > http://savannah.gnu.org/faq/?group_id=5802&question=CVS_-_How_
> can_I_access_a_repository_from_behind_a_firewall_or_proxy.txt
> >
> > -- Wieant
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