[Yum] FW: Yum Problems

[Wilson, Richard E]

All,

I told the Aurora Linux Distribution that I would post this to the Yum
distribution and let them know if I got any response.  I would be very
grateful to receive any pointers on getting yum to work through my "normal"
authenticated proxy server.

Thanks in advance,

Richard Wilson
EDS

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Wilson, Richard E  
> Sent:	Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:15 PM
> To:	'aurora-sparc-user at lists.auroralinux.org'
> Subject:	Yum Problems
> 
> All,
> 
> I have recently reinstalled Aurora 1.0 on an E450 after a bad experience
> trying to upgrade to 1.92 and I am having problems with yum.
> 
> My "normal" path to the Internet requires me to go through a proxy
> firewall that requires a userid and password for outbound access.
> Supplying the following:
> 
> export http_proxy="http://userid:password@firewall.mydomain.com:80/"
> export ftp_proxy="ftp://userid:password@firewall.mydomain.com:81/"
> 
> results in yum (version 1.0.3-1_73) complaining about an invalid port
> number (it's apparently only looking at whatever follows the first colon).
> 
> I was able to get plugged into another limited use firewall that doesn't
> require this authentication, but it ONLY supports HTTP, not FTP.
> 
> The only yummified http mirror I've been able to find of the 1.0 updates
> is 
> http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/
> <http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/>  which isn't working:
> 
> Error getting file
> http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/headers/header.info
> <http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/headers/header.info> 
> [Errno 6] ERROR: Url return no Content-Length  - something is wrong
> 
> In the past I had successfully used the up2date repository that Anthony
> Mendoza had set up (up2date DOES support outbound proxy authentication)
> Thanks Anthony!  Is that repository still working and is it (no pun
> intended) up to date?
> 
> First, can anyone tell me if there's some obscure, undocumented syntax to
> provide an ID and password to a proxy that yum will like?  (I've searched
> and not found anything.)
> 
> Second, where are some HTTP (not FTP) mirrors of the 1.0 updates?  (And is
> there an http 1.0 Base anywhere?)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Richard Wilson
> EDS