yum / http proxy / downloads stop

[Satish Balay]

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Darrell Esau wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Can't seem to find anything in the archives -- 
> 
> Trying to update a FC1 box behind an HTTP proxy.
> 
> I've set http_proxy, and yum generally works except for one annoying problem:  
> Downloads of packages start well but then just stop (at some random 
> percentage).  Sometimes they start again (after several minutes) .. sometimes 
> they dont.  Hitting CTRL-C will sometimes wake up the transfer and it will 
> begin to transfer again (usually from 0%).
> 
> It generally takes several attempts to get the package downloaded.
> 
> If I download the package directly from the FTP server (just using FTP through 
> the proxy), everything works fine.
> 
> Is this just a proxy thing, or do other people see this as well?  

I might have seen this - but not sure.. I know I had some problems
with http (no proxy).  Perhaps it was the same thing. Now I primarily
use ftp urls. However I do see hangs occasionally with ftp (for eg:
after completing a .hdr download). It just sits there. Ctrl-C snaps it
out of it - and it continues with the next file download.

Satish