Yes, I am quite a long way behind, at version 1.4.1, which is light-years
in git-time! Unfortunately, since I can't pull from the git repo (I don't
have internet access from Linux), I won't be able to update until the
v1.4.2 tar-ball is posted. Yep, not exactly ideal.
Couldn't you track git with another machine? Then copy that clone to
your linux box and then do a local pull from the copied clone.
There's also the http_proxy, but I guess you know that already.
-- robin