On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:26:04 +0000 (UTC) James wrote: > Rumen Yotov <rumen_yotov <at> dir.bg> writes: > > > > > media-video/realplayer > > > > I get this error message: > > > <snip> > > > Connecting to helixcommunity.org|207.188.25.135|:443... connected. > > > ERROR: Certificate verification error for helixcommunity.org: unable to > > > get > > > local issuer certificate > > > To connect to helixcommunity.org insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. > > > Unable to establish SSL connection. > > > <snip> > > > Some days ago there was such question IIRC. > > The problem was: wget isn't compiled with ssl USE-flag, therefore can't > > connect to SSL-enabled sites. Compile wget (or other BTW) with "+ssl". > > ssl is in my make.conf file, furthermore, checking wget: > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild R ] net-misc/wget-1.10.2 -build -debug +ipv6 +nls > -socks5 +ssl -static > > > Or pass it some parameter "--no-check-certificate" to connect. man wget. > > I already tried everything I could think of... syntax suggestion? > > > Or just download it with a browser and copy to distfiles directory. > > OK so I put RealPlayer-10.0.6.776-20050915.i586.rpm into > /usr/portage/distfiles > and it's installed with 'emerge realplayer'. > > This is a new trick for me! > Can I download any rpm, stick it in this directory > and it will install with emerge? > Details or a wiki on this subject?
No it just means that you are downloading it manually instead of emerge downloading it. This is because emerge fails at the download. If emerge finds the file in /usr/portage/distfiles it doesn't try to download it again, and it doesn't care how it got there. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
