Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] pybombs/wget behind a proxy

[Alexandru Csete]

Hi Tim,

I think that will be a good solution. Thanks.

Alex



On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Tim <address@hidden> wrote:
> Alex,
>
> I'm inclined to make this timeout a Pybombs configuration variable that
> defaults to 10.   I think for most people that is a reasonable timeout
> value, but this would make it very easy for it to be bumped up in special
> circumstances such as yours.   Does this sound reasonable to you?
>
> Tim
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Alexandru Csete
> Date:01/16/2014 10:43 (GMT-05:00)
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Discuss-gnuradio] pybombs/wget behind a proxy
>
> Greetings,
>
> There seems to be a 10 second timeout when pybombs fetches packages
> using wget. This is way too short when working behind a proxy.
>
> I have no clue how proxies are supposed to work. The one I am sitting
> behind downloads the package and scans it for viruses and during that
> time the connection appears to hang from wget point of view. With a
> large package like Ice, 10 seconds are not sufficient. I don't know
> what a proper timeout would be, but maybe this is why the default
> timeout is so long.
>
> Alex
>
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