emerge sync over squid proxy

dendenners · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject: emerge sync over squid proxy

Hi,
This question might be better posted somewhere else, but if this is the case I can't imagine where. Anyway, I am unable to run emerge sync via a rsync proxy.
I set the rsync_proxy environment variable like this:
export RSYNC_PROXY=rsync://path.to.squid
( i tried using both RSYNC_PROXY and rsync_proxy as the variable). I also put the following configuration directives into my squid.conf file:

acl Safe_ports port 873 # for rsync
rsync_port 873

However, when I run emerge sync on any gentoo box, the rsync doesn't happen! - I get the following error:
rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync //path.to.squid: Servname not supported for ai_socktype
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(83)

eek! Has anyone seen this in the course of their emerging careers, and if so how do I overcome it?
Thanks very much
Denis

bonsaikitten · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:22 pm Post subject:

I thought rsync_proxy was http protocol? Maybe I'm totally wrong, but try setting the proxy without protocol name (e.g. rsync_proxy=proxy:3128)

hth,
bonsaikitten

dendenners · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:46 pm Post subject:

that works!
Thanks a lot. The reason I was using the rsync:// thing was because it is stated in the gentoo-x86-install documentation.
Thanks again
Denis

bonsaikitten · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:16 pm Post subject:

Hmmm... it seems as if the documentation is very vague concerning proxys.

I'd say that rsync:// is wrong in this context, and I'm not even aware of a rsync proxy program (except http proxies).

BlackB1rd · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:36 am Post subject:

I also stuck on this one. They really should update the manual, it works fine now without rsync://