wget does succeed in downloading the file, only yum is reporting this problem.
Dave. On 4/5/07, Dan Kenigsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
According to https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum/2005-July/006996.html our problem CAN be caused by a faulty transparent proxy that does not like forwarding http byte-ranged requests. Such proxy would not harm complete wget or normal browsing. I have no idea whether this is the case here, or if it is endemic to CS. On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 08:28:45PM +0300, Mark Silberstein wrote: > I had very similar problem - yum failed to download things with the same > error message. However wget did succeed, so I am not sure the problem is in > the proxy > > On 4/5/07, Dan Kenigsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Do you have an exact list of the times when this problem occured? > >Assuming that the reason for this is a faulty network link in the > >Technion, such > >list might be useful, if we want to ask Technion system personel to look > >into > >this. > > > >P.S. Does anyone in the Technion outside CS can confirm this problem? Or > >even > >lend me a proxy? > > > >On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 05:34:00PM +0300, Dave Roi wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am getting the same problem on the Linux stations in the farm. > >> The problem has appeared before for a while, then stopped and started > >again > >> about a week before Pesach. > >> Haven't managed to solve the problem but if anyone finds a solution it > >would > >> greatly help me too. > >> > >> Dave (from the CS Linux support team) > >> > >> > >> > >> On 4/4/07, Dan Kenigsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >For quite a while I have a problem updating yum from within the > >Technion. > >> >I keep getting > >> > [Errno -1] Header is not complete. > >> > Trying other mirror. > >> >AFTER an rpm is downloaded. I read around that this may stem in a > >faulty > >> >transparent proxy. However, I failed to track it down, or even confirm > >> >that. > >> >Anyone here encountered/solved this problem? (and in "solving" I do not > >> >count > >> >tunneling out of the Technion, and using a remote proxy. This works for > >> >me.) > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Dan Kenigsberg http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken ICQ > >> >162180901 > >> > > >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > >> >To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > > > > >-- > >Dan Kenigsberg http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken ICQ > >162180901 > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > >To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Dan Kenigsberg http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~danken ICQ 162180901
