William Warren wrote: > 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. >> > I've not had a problem with squid, its worked fine for me - I run a few machines that sit behind it. But then again, not in a transparent role. the fix you are looking for is the with proxy developers, not in yum - yum uses http 1.1, as long as the proxy supports it and works in a sane manner, you will have no problems ( that I know of ). - K