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

[Joshua Jensen]

Sounds like your broken transparent proxy thinks it understands ftp too :-(
I thought though per the way that urlgrabber was doing partial downloads
that it was fool proof?  Maybe a urlgrabber expert can comment.

Joshua



On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 03:41:27PM +0900, Hector Akamine wrote:
> 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.
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