quality@glassfish.java.net

Re: Update Center problems?

From: Joseph Di Pol <Joe.Dipol_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:47:20 -0700

Christopher Kampmeier wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> Do you know if any progress has been made on the 408 issue with the v3
> trunk repos? Is there still a setup issue?

I still get 408's -- so looks like there is still an issue.

The ProxyPass bogus re-mapping is still happening too.

Joe

>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Do you know if the NPE mentioned in 7232 is being tracked in the UC2
> issue tracker and its status?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> Judy Tang wrote:
>> Hi Wouter,
>>
>> There is issue [Issue 7232
>> <https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7232>] for
>> update center for a long time. Also update center
>> can cause installer to hang on 41% [Issue 7194
>> <https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7194>]. You
>> may hit the same issues.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Judy
>> Wouter van Reeven wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 07:02:42PM +0100, To quality wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wonder if I have any proxy problems with Gnome. It's been acting strangely as
>>>> of lately, so I'll try to dig into that. Thanks for the quick reply.
>>>>
>>>
>>> OK I tried on another machine that does not have Gnome or any other desktop
>>> system. It's my gateway server that I always login to using ssh and that has no
>>> X or whatever. I have the same problem there: updatetool does NOT get installed
>>> even if I specify it to be installed in the installer.
>>>
>>> So, I really think something's wrong with updatetool on unix, or perhaps
>>> overall. Does anyone else experience problems with it?
>>>
>>> Once more: I am behind a firewall, but all outgoing traffic is allowed and I
>>> don't experience any problems whatsoever with other applications. Does anyone
>>> have a clue?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Wouter
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> Hi,
>
>
> When I try to install update center from the command line I get these messages.
> Does anyone know what's going on? What is the hostname updatetool is trying to
> connect to? Thanks!
>
>
> Wouter
>
>
> $ ./bin/updatetool
>
> The software needed for this command (updatetool) is not installed.
>
> If you choose to install Update Tool, your system will be automatically
> configured to periodically check for software updates. If you would like
> to configure the tool to not check for updates, you can override the
> default behavior via the tool's Preferences facility.
>
> When this tool interacts with package repositories, some system information
> such as your system's IP address and operating system type and version
> is sent to the repository server. For more information please see:
>
> http://wiki.updatecenter.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=UsageMetricsUC2
>
> Once installation is complete you may re-run this command.
>
> Would you like to install Update Tool now (y/n): y
>
> Proxy: Using system proxy settings.
> Install image: /home/wouter/java/netbeans/glassfishv3-build41
> Installing pkg packages.
> IOException: Connection failed: 408: Request Timeout
>
> Could not download application packages. This could be because
> a proxy server is needed to access the internet. Please ensure that
> the system proxy server settings are correct, or set the 'http_proxy'
> environment variable to the full URL of the proxy server.
>
>
>