[CentOS] Yum / Up2date issues and mirror.centos.org

i would rather not simply circumvent this isue...i would rather it be 
fixed.  Like i psoted to naother person..squid is a great proxy..that is 
unless it is one that now sucks.

Karanbir Singh wrote:
> William Warren wrote:
> 
>> Is there a timetable to fix the yum/http proxy incompatibility?  i 
>> find it interesting this has not been addressed yet.
>>
>>
>>> 3.  Another common problem is transparent proxy servers and yum.  HTTP
>>> mirrors and yum don't work really well via transparent proxy servers, so
>>> if you are using one, your best bet is to pick an FTP mirror from our
>>> public external server list (see mirror link above) instead of
>>> mirror.centos.org.
> 
> 
> why not ask the guys who built the proxy, thats where the breakage is 
> mostly.
> 
> Also, you have the option of going to a ftp mirror, and circumvent this 
> issue.
> 

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