yum/pup problems

[highbury]

I, having problems updating my system from yum or pup

firstly yum

# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
developmen: ######################### 1/2Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: development
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from development: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from development: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

then pup just hangs for 3 minutes then displays a pop-up error message

Component: Software Updater
Summary: TB86fdcb55 repos.py:431:check:RepoError: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: development

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 356, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 352, in main
pup.run()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 328, in run
self.doRefresh()
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 160, in doRefresh
self.reposSetup(pbar)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 131, in reposSetup
self.doRepoSetup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 244, in doRepoSetup
repo.baseurlSetup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 550, in baseurlSetup
self.check()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 431, in check
raise Errors.RepoError, \
RepoError: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: development

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: development

I'm behind a company firewall and use a proxy, and have configured "Network Proxy Preferences" to use an automatic proxy configuration file.

Thanks
Steve

[neilloffhagen]

Hi,

I had to set the following up to get yum to work through a proxy.

To set for shell to use proxy server, by creating two following files in /etc/profile.d

#proxy.sh
export http_proxy=http://proxy-server:port-number/
export ftp_proxy=http://proxy-server:port-number/
export no_proxy=domain
export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy-server:port-number/
export FTP_PROXY=http://proxy-server:port-number/

#proxy.csh
setenv http_proxy http://proxy-server:port-number/
setenv ftp_proxy http://proxy-server:port-number/
setenv no_proxy domain
setenv HTTP_PROXY http://proxy-server:port-number/
setenv FTP_PROXY http://proxy-server:port-number/

Once done above must log out of shell and open new shell before doing yum update. Should work then.

I think there are other ways, but the above certainly works for me.

Neil.

[sylvestre]

#proxy.sh
export http_proxy=http://proxy-server:port-number/
export ftp_proxy=http://proxy-server:port-number/
export no_proxy=domain
export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy-server:port-number/
export FTP_PROXY=http://proxy-server:port-number/

#proxy.csh
setenv http_proxy http://proxy-server:port-number/
setenv ftp_proxy http://proxy-server:port-number/
setenv no_proxy domain
setenv HTTP_PROXY http://proxy-server:port-number/
setenv FTP_PROXY http://proxy-server:port-number/

.

Neil,

this works for me in FC3/4 with yum, wget, apt-get, smart, synaptic, smart --gui (both started from the command line), but not for rpm (for example to retrieve GPG keys) nor yumex.

Some GUI programs (e.g., synaptic) leave the possibility to enter the proxy parameters using the proxy, but, to my knowledge, it is not (yet?) the case for yumex (I tested v. 0.44). In fact, I have found no way to let yumex work through a proxy. Any idea ?

PE

[neilloffhagen]

In fact, I have found no way to let yumex work through a proxy. Any idea ?
Yep. If you open yumex under the Edit menu there is Preferences then at the bottom of that window, where Mirror Detection is should be a tick box for "Use proxy". If you put in there your proxy server address it should work. But you have to put the full name in, as in http://proxy_name Don't need to put the :port-number at the end though. Guess yumex must do that bit itself?

I do find this very slow compared to yum in accessing the repos.

Neil.

[sylvestre]

In fact, I have found no way to let yumex work through a proxy.
PE

Mmm, I should have done some search before. Here are two solutions :
http://linux.rasmil.dk/cms/modules/news/article.php?storyid=19

PE

[sylvestre]

Yep. If you open yumex under the Edit menu there is Preferences then at the bottom of that window, where Mirror Detection is should be a tick box for "Use proxy". If you put in there your proxy server address it should work. But you have to put the full name in, as in http://proxy_name Don't need to put the :port-number at the end though. Guess yumex must do that bit itself?
Neil.

Thanks. However, since the "Autorefresh option on start" is by default activated, yumex starts to find the repos first, preventing me to access to the Edit menu itself. The way I found was to type ^C (I started yumex from a terminal) : after that, I was able to access the Edit menu, and to set the proxy parameters. I restarted yumex and and everything went OK. You are right, it does not need the :port-number at the end (maybe that it is the same for yum).

For the two other solutions listed here :
http://linux.rasmil.dk/cms/modules/news/article.php?storyid=19

1) to add "proxy=http://server:portnumber" in '/etc/yum.conf' file does not work for yumex nor yum if a mirror list is used (it is the default FC4 configuration). See
https://devel.linux.duke.edu/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=407

2) to add "export http_proxy=http://server:portnumber/" in '/usr/share/yumex/yumex' script file works fine (it is a bash script file). However, this environment variable was already setup in my configuration. Does it mean that it is not passed via the script file ? I have a poor knowledge about script programming.

PE

NB : :p means : p without a blank

[mit]

In yumex 0.44 and later you can specify a proxy in the perferences.
See section 9.2 in the userguide.
http://yumex.python-hosting.com/wiki/UserGuide
You have to set the mirrordetection to 'default' because the mirrordetection don't work behind a proxy.
Try using the latest yumex development edition, it is working better.
check here for installation instructions.
http://yumex.python-hosting.com/wiki/InstallYumex

[sylvestre]

Thanks MIT.

The last development version appears to be far improved.

PE

[fly3rman]

same problem with the proxy, if i put an http proxy into gnome settings. its slow as hell and actually get no connection. with export http_proxy it works fine. bug?

[leigh123linux]

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