> > >
> > > >
> > > > > There is this question about proxies during installation. What
are
> > > these
> > > > > proxies, where are they defined and how can I define them
after
> > > > > installtion?
> > > >
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > during the installation, if you choose to configure your
proxies, 2
> > > files
> > > > will be created: /etc/profile.d/proxy.{sh,csh} in order to set
the
> > > > ftp_proxy and http_proxy variables.
> > > >
> > > > These variables will be useful for the applications that are
> > designed
> > > to
> > > > use them. (what a profound sentence ;)
> > >
> > > Is rpmdrake among them?
> > >
> > > [root@cooker sbin]# ftp_proxy=http://xxx:81/
http_proxy=http://xxx:81/
> > > rpmdrake
> > > 374 installed packages found!
> > > * gethostbyname_r(2) failed for p����
> > > * Closing live connection (#0)
> > > [root@cooker sbin]# ftp_proxy=xxx:81 http_proxy=xxx:81 rpmdrake
> > > 374 installed packages found!
> > > * gethostbyname_r(2) failed for �t����
> > > * Closing live connection (#0)
> > >
> > > and mirror list is not updated
> > >
> >
> > And after I have defined proxies explicitly in rpmdrake:
> >
> > [root@cooker root]# rpmdrake
> > 374 installed packages found!
> > * gethostbyname_r(2) failed for Z@ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > * Closing live connection (#0)
> >
> When does these messages show up?
> It is when you try installing a package, updating a source, using
the
> Mandrake Update wizard?
>
New source -> Security updates -> update source list.
-andrej
