Description of problem:

up2date aborts with the following traceback if configured to use an
http proxy, and the box is not directly routable to the Internet (it
tries to do a direct connect nevertheless).

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

4.1.16

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Firewall the test box so that it does not have direct Internet access.
2. up2date --configure, and specify an HTTP proxy.
3. Run up2date, and try to check for updates.
  
Actual results:

[root@ny root]# up2date
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 1365, in
onChannelsPageNext
    self.pList.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/packageList.py", line 117, in run
    self.progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnPackageInfo.py", line 315, in
getAvailableAllArchPackageList
    package_list = availablePackageList(
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnPackageInfo.py", line 153, in
availablePackageList
    progressCallback = progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 110, in doCall
    ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoDirector.py", line 20, in
listPackages
    return self.handlers[channel['type']].listPackages(channel,
msgCallback, progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpmSource.py", line 226, in
listPackages
    msgCallback, progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/yumRepo.py", line
204, in listPackages
    agent = "Up2date 3.9/Yum")
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/urlUtils.py", line
312, in fetchUrl
    agent = agent)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/urlUtils.py", line
106, in open_resource
    return opener.open(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 328, in open
    '_open', req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 307, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 824, in http_open
    return self.do_open(httplib.HTTP, req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 809, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error (113, 'No route to host')>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 1431, in
onSkippedPagePrepare
    self.__preparePackageList()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 1317, in
__preparePackageList
    self.pList.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/packageList.py", line 117, in run
    self.progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnPackageInfo.py", line 315, in
getAvailableAllArchPackageList
    package_list = availablePackageList(
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnPackageInfo.py", line 153, in
availablePackageList
    progressCallback = progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 110, in doCall
    ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoDirector.py", line 20, in
listPackages
    return self.handlers[channel['type']].listPackages(channel,
msgCallback, progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpmSource.py", line 226, in
listPackages
    msgCallback, progressCallback)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/yumRepo.py", line
204, in listPackages
    agent = "Up2date 3.9/Yum")
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/urlUtils.py", line
312, in fetchUrl
    agent = agent)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoBackends/urlUtils.py", line
106, in open_resource
    return opener.open(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 328, in open
    '_open', req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 307, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 824, in http_open
    return self.do_open(httplib.HTTP, req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib2.py", line 809, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error (113, 'No route to host')>
TypeError: hide() takes no arguments (2 given)
[root@ny root]# 
Script done on Sat 15 Nov 2003 03:31:53 PM EST

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