Re: [Boost-users] Problems connecting to boost repository

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-28 04:18:48

Lang Stefan wrote:

> 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)

This might indicate that your IT staff has configures the proxy so that disallow the REPORT
request type. I think the svn docs have the list of all request types that should be
allowed by a proxy for subversion to operate properly.

- Volodya