[Yum] Does yum have proxy support

[Jim Wildman]

> Does anybody know if yum has proxy support and if so where do i
> specify the proxies. I run a net connection behind my college proxy
from man yum....

 Proxy configuration
              If you would like to use a proxy with yum you can simply
set  a
              shell  environment variable of http_proxy. Set it to the
url for
              your proxy.  Ex: "http://your_proxy:port/"
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