[Yum] proxy and ftp ([Errno -1] Header is not complete)

[Hector Akamine]

Hi, 

I just read the thread in which it is suggested to access a ftp server
instead of http to solve the "header is not complete" error when
behind a proxy. In my case it doesn't work (the output I get is
included below). I am using the yum version that comes with FC4. Any
suggestions?

Thanks,
Hector


# yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
updates-released                                                 951 B 00:00
extras                                                          1.1 kB 00:00
base                                                            1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz                                                  144 kB 00:00
updates-re: ################################################## 417/417
Added 50 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.75 seconds
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for hwdata to pack into transaction set.
hwdata-0.158.1-1.noarch.rpm                                     257 kB 00:00
ftp://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/hwdata-0.158.1-1.noarch.rpm:
[Errno -1] Header is not complete.
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: hwdata-0.158.1-1.noarch.rpm from updates-released:
[Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.