May be a recent change... I know Ryan Campbell has been threatening to add the code for that for some time
On 5 November 2013 16:28, Kevin Fleming (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN) < [email protected]> wrote: > Are you sure about that? While looking into this problem I reviewed the > code in UpdateSite.java and it most certainly opens the 'update center' URL > itself and downloads the content when it is time to do so. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > At: Nov 5 2013 11:11:53 > > Jenkins does not contact the update center directly... it hijack's your > browser... which is insane if you ask me... but that's the way it works... > the browser hijack would be a fine fallback... but the default, eh no thanks > > > On 5 November 2013 16:07, Kevin Fleming (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I updated my machine to 1.538 this morning (using the Ubuntu package), >> and found that the Update Center had not been contacted for over a month; >> as a result, there were no plugin updates available to be installed. >> >> I tried various things to get Jenkins to download the latest data from >> the update center (the 'Check Now' button in the Advanced tab of the Manage >> Plugins page, removing updates/default.json), but I was never able to get >> Jenkins to download the latest JSON file. I even watched with tcpdump, and >> saw that Jenkins never issued any outbound HTTP request to the Update >> Center. >> >> I then downloaded the JSON file manually (using a shell on the same >> machine) and trimmed it so that Jenkins would be able to use it. I clicked >> 'Reload Configuration From Disk' and then the Manage Plugins page showed >> all the available plugin updates. It is now download plugins and installing >> them, which means it *can* contact the Update Center. >> >> Any ideas what might have been happening here? >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
