Re: any clue?

On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 09:42:31AM -0500, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Lalit Jairath <lalit.jairath@Barra.COM> writes:
>
> > > i downloaded
> > >
> > > svn-win32-r1650.zip
> > > i'm behind firewall and when i run
> > > svn co http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk -d svn
> > > i get this message
> > > svn_error: #21088 : <RA layer request failed>
> > > OPTIONS request failed on /repos/svn/trunk
> > >
> > > svn_error: #21088 : <RA layer request failed>
> > > OPTIONS of /repos/svn/trunk: could not connect to server
> > > what should i do?
>
> It looks like your firewall or proxy won't allow HTTP/DAV methods
> through.
>
> Dev list, do we have a "canned" answer to this FAQ? Should we tell
> folks how to use the proxy config?

It's on the FAQ page, although it's becoming a frequent enough one that I'm
starting to think we should change the error string to:

"Perhaps you have a proxy which won't allow DAV methods through. Please
consult http://subversion.tigris.org/project_faq.html for more details."

:)

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