Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora Beta 3

How reproducible:

Always when you need to use a Proxy server.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set parameter http_proxy="server_name:port" and export the variable
    In my case  I don't need a username/passwd

2. Run up2date -u 


    
Actual results:

Fetching package list for channel: rawhide...
                                                                               
                               
Fetching http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide//headers/header.info...
########################################
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1183, in ?
    sys.exit(main() or 0)
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 761, in main
    fullUpdate, dryRun=options.dry_run))
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1046, in batchRun
    batch.run()
  File "up2dateBatch.py", line 58, in run
  File "up2dateBatch.py", line 96, in __findPackagesToUpdate
  File "packageList.py", line 117, in run
  File "rhnPackageInfo.py", line 315, in getAvailableAllArchPackageList
  File "rhnPackageInfo.py", line 153, in availablePackageList
  File "rpcServer.py", line 109, in doCall
  File "repoDirector.py", line 20, in listPackages
  File "rpmSource.py", line 226, in listPackages
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/yumRepo.py", line 223, in
listPackages
    (envra, rpmPath) = string.split(line, '=')
ValueError: unpack list of wrong size
 



Expected results:

To update my system

Additional info:

This works  fine if I run up2date in a machine connected directly to internet