Leonid Flaks wrote:
> Finally got some time to re-visit my problems.
>
> Answering my own question. The correct variable to set up proxy is
> indeed http_proxy (not just proxy).
>
> I still can't figure out how to deal with doing reposync on the whole
> repo, not just a list of rpms. yumdownloader likes to have implicit list
> of files to download.
> Is mirror location in the form of http:// supported in cobbler if RPMS
> list is empty?
> I am using cobbler 1.4.3 on fedora 10.
> In short - if I enter http_proxy either by editing file in
> /var/lib/cobbler/config/repos.d/ or using cobbler command and list rpms
> to use it works as expected.
>
Ok, I would hope that yum reposync could also pull this from the
environment. This is something to look into.
If you set it with say, "export", it doesn't use this setting?
> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>>> Edit your /var/lib/cobbler/config/repos.d/$name file and replace the
>>>> "environment" variable section with just:
>>>>
>>>> environment: {}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> If I do this, how would I set the proxy then?
>>>
>>> This should fix your problem and allow for other edits.
>>>
>>>
>> You would clear it and then set it, and then thereafter setting it would
>> work fine.
>>
>>
> I tried to follow your advice, but see no difference. The environment
> field (and it is the only one I noticed!) seems to change after saving
> it in web interface.
>
I'll check this out...
>>> Yes, other edits work, but they add more of {:} to environment. If it is
>>> empty to begin with, that it does not matter.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Presumably this is because you were running 1.4.X previously, I've seen
>>>> that some and there is not much we can do about it, but thankfully it's
>>>> an easy fix.
>>>>
>>>> --Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I had cobbler version that came with fedora 10 first, then updated a few
>>> times to what is now 1.4.3. Should I just wait for the next update?
>>>
>>>
>> What would you be waiting for?
>>
> I am confused with version numbers here. I am using 1.4.3 now. Did you
> mean to try it on 1.6.*? I'd rather wait for 1.6 to hit fedora 10
> updates to give it another try.
> Thanks!
>
>
I meant did you think there was something wrong with the field storage
in 1.4.3 still.
I think if you fix the config file it wouldn't do that again, though if
it /does/ that's a problem we need to fix.
You are correct, 1.6 is not released yet.
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