[pca] Latest pca no longer downloading patches from sunsolve

Greg Barry Gregory_W_Barry at RL.gov
Wed Oct 28 16:19:13 CET 2009


Martin,

After placing "https_proxy" in my .wgetrc file, patch downloads now work 
fine.

Thanks for the help on this
Greg



Martin Paul wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Not sure whether I'm on the right track, but ..
>
>> If I run the wget command outside of pca,  but use "http:" rather 
>> than "https:", the download is successful:
>
> I notice that your examples with "http" URLs go through a local proxy 
> (humr.rl.gov), while those with "https" connect to sunsolve directly. 
> Maybe you must use the proxy for HTTPS connections, too?
>
> As I don't see pca's "--wgetproxy" option being used, you maybe set 
> "http_proxy" in some wget configuration file (/etc/wgetrc, ~/.wgetrc). 
> For HTTPS connections, you will need to set "https_proxy" as well.
>
> In the current release of pca, it always uses HTTPS for xref/patch 
> downloads when it finds a wget binary with HTTPS support; that's why 
> this might appear like a new issue for you.
>
> Martin.
>



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