On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 09:36 +0100, mbylander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Seth Vidal wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: seth vidal [mailto:skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:38 PM > > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified > > Subject: Re: [Yum] Still hopeless on getting proxy to work > > > > > > > > > Yum had a relatively long pause before it gave me the same > > > old error messages as usual after modifying the script. But > > > after running it once, it returns to instantly giving me the > > > error messages. > > > alright - let's take a step back: > > > > 1. what ver of yum is this? > > 2. are you using mirrorlists? > > > > 1. yum-2.4.1-1.fc4 > 2. no. I currently have it set to use the (slow but reliable) fedora.redhat.com mirror. wget is able to use the proxy and download the repomd.xml file, but yum is not. > 1. what kind of proxy is it? Do you know the vendor? 2. could you try something silly and define the proxy settings in EACH repository section in your .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/? thanks -sv
