[opensuse-autoinstall] proxy and suse_register/smt problem (and workaround)

9 Jul 2012

      Hi,

(I'm new to SuSE & AutoYaST, and not sure whether this is a problem with 
AutoYaST, or a SuSE package, or my own mistake...)

I noticed that configuring both <proxy> and <suse_register> in an 
autoyast profile fails if <no_proxy> is needed to access the SMT server.

What seems to happen is that the <proxy> section of the autoyast profile 
is parsed, but the root user's .curlrc file only gets the --proxy 
setting and not any --noproxy setting. This makes SMT registration fail.

A workaround is to have a script like this in the autoyast profile:

     <chroot-scripts config:type="list">
       <script>
         <chrooted config:type="boolean">true</chrooted>
         <source><![CDATA[
echo "--noproxy 'localhost,.example.com'" >> /root/.curlrc
]]>
         </source>
       </script>
     </chroot-scripts>

So, this message is partly for the benefit of people searching the list 
archives, but also an open question whether anyone else is aware of the 
problem.

For info, I am installing from a SLES 11 SP2 DVD, and the suseRegister 
package version is 1.4-1.24.1.

regards,
oliver.
-- 
Oliver Gorwits
Networks and Computer Security
ECMWF

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