Yum / Up2date issues and mirror.centos.org

[mail-lists at karan.org (Karanbir Singh)]

William Warren wrote:
> Is there a timetable to fix the yum/http proxy incompatibility?  i find 
> it interesting this has not been addressed yet.
> 
> 
>> 3.  Another common problem is transparent proxy servers and yum.  HTTP
>> mirrors and yum don't work really well via transparent proxy servers, so
>> if you are using one, your best bet is to pick an FTP mirror from our
>> public external server list (see mirror link above) instead of
>> mirror.centos.org.

why not ask the guys who built the proxy, thats where the breakage is 
mostly.

Also, you have the option of going to a ftp mirror, and circumvent this 
issue.

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