Re: [Boost-testing] proxy issues with downloading regression scripts

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] proxy issues with downloading regression scripts
From: Aparna Kumta (aparna.kumta_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-12 13:28:09

Melanie, it is comforting to know that I am not the only one seeing this 
issue :-).

Thanks,

Aparna

On 12/12/14 06:26, Blower, Melanie wrote:
> I also got replies like Aparna when I tried to use the run.py script that I downloaded from the boost url (not the new beta version). I couldn't get the proxy settings to work on the run.py invocation, but when I used proxy settings in ~/.subversion/servers some of the checkout was successful but other things failed subsequently.  I'll try the beta run.py and use these directions.
> --Melanie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost-Testing [mailto:boost-testing-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Niklas Angare
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 5:05 AM
> To: boost-testing_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] proxy issues with downloading regression scripts
>
> "Aparna Kumta"<aparna.kumta_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>> I invoked run.py. I saw the same error (by viewing regression.py in a
>> browser):
>> Handshake failed
>> The SSL handshake could not be performed.
>>
>> *Host: *raw.githubusercontent.com
>> *Reason: *Can't initialize server context
>>
>> Then, I made the following change to run.py
>>
>> # script_remote =
>> 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boostorg/regression/develop/src'
>> script_remote =
>> 'http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_57_0/tools/regression/src'
>>
>> Reran run.py.
>>
>> This time I was able to download the files
> ...
>> Does this mean there might be an issue on on the server side, that is
>> with https://raw.githubusercontent.com ?
> The critical difference is that the problematic one begins with https. Doing HTTPS (SSL) through a proxy is no simple matter. Your IT folks' assertion that it should work if it works in the browser is almost certainly false for HTTPS.
>
> Since you're having so much trouble with the proxy, you should simply patch your run.py to replace https with http.
>
> Regards,
>
> Niklas Angare
>
>
>
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