[Boost-users] Problems connecting to boost repository

From: Lang Stefan (SLang_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-28 03:55:27

Hello List,

I am trying to download (parts of) the current version of boost as described in http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BoostSubversion. I do have a subversion client installed (version 1.4.2) as well as TortoiseSVN for windows. However, so far I have been unable to download any file(s) from the repository at http://svn.boost.org.

The IT staff advised me to use a proxy server and a specific port to establish that sort of internet connection, and I found and set the appropriate options for TortoiseSVN. Afterwards, when I tried to use TortoiseSVN for downloading from the boost repository, some administrative data was transferred, but still no actual files. The error messages I got were:

REPORT request failed on '/svn/boost/!svn/vcc/default'
REPORT of '/svn/boost/!svn/vcc/default': 400 Bad Request (http://svn.boost.org)

Can anyone tell me what's wrong, or how to access the boost svn repository properly? I would try out the command line client directly, but am not sure how to set the proxy server and port.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Kind regards

Stefan Lang