Hi all. --- William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lets Go Canes said: > > Does FC3 have a fix for the problem where up2date/apt/yum won't > work > > with authenticating proxies? <a > > > href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102272";>Bug > > 102272</a>. > > If you follow the instructions on exporting the http_proxy variable > and > not using console helper, up2date will work fine. > > Yum and apt aren't affected by this bug (just the up2date backends), > so > check their documentation for how to set proxies for those. I know > yum > uses the same http_proxy variable, not sure about apt. I did follow the instructions, and like other people that have posted on that thread, I find the suggested workarounds do not work with *authenticating* proxies. I am running from console. up2date spits out a python dump, apt and yum complain about proxy authentication required (analysis in the bug thread suggests that the underlying libraries don't properly support proxy authentication). ===== -------------- Lets Go Canes! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
