On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 04:01:21PM +0100, Felix Obenhuber wrote: > Dear list, > > due our proxy fails on most http requests bigger than a couple of megs > I'd like to configure yum in that way, that it ONLY uses ftp mirrors. > Ftp request pass the proxy without any issues. > I didn't find something like useonlyftp=1 in yum.conf so i intended to > ask here. Yes. * Find an FTP mirror near you at http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html. Then use that URL in your /etc/yum.repos.d files as appropriate. E.g: "ftp://..."; * Try setting up a local repo. http://www.charlescurley.com/yum.html. It uses rsync to keep up to date, so check to see if your proxy and/or firewall will pass rsync. * Get a civilized proxy server (SQUID?). -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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