https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=260407 ------- Comment #3 from ma@novell.com 2007-04-04 05:00 MST ------- (In reply to comment #2)
Alors, is proxy set to 'localhost' in sysconfig?
No, in my case: HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy:3128/" My /etc/hosts resolves '127.0.0.1 localhost proxy'. But it's probably not a sufficient to test for (proxy==127.0.0.1).
But wouldn't e.g. download of release notes fail without proxy? Would registration stuff work with direct connection? I don't know since I've never maintained proxy server ...
You don't have to maintain one. Look at your browser (preferences -> proxy settings). It does not make a difference to you whether a proxy or direct connection to the internet is configured there. You type an URL and the browser shows the data. A) If the client we're updating has no proxy configured, ftp/http downloads will connect to the appropriate server providing the data. B) If the client has a proxy configured, ftp/http downloads will connect to the proxy and ask him to provide the data. If the proxy is not available, download fails. It actually does not matter whether the proxy is the local machine or a remote one which is e.g. powered off. When updating the proxy itself, you can simply be shure the proxy is not available, that's it. But we can't simply turn off proxy by default, as using a proxy might be required (direct connections forbidden). Thus I'd suggest to test whether a configured proxy is actually available, and if not, continue without proxy. If this fails as well, then the result is not worse. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.