William Warren wrote:
> i would rather not simply circumvent this isue...i would rather it be
> fixed. Like i psoted to naother person..squid is a great proxy..that is
> unless it is one that now sucks.
>
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
I've not had a problem with squid, its worked fine for me - I run a few
machines that sit behind it. But then again, not in a transparent role.
the fix you are looking for is the with proxy developers, not in yum -
yum uses http 1.1, as long as the proxy supports it and works in a sane
manner, you will have no problems ( that I know of ).
- K
