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Description of problem:
up2date will not use proxy settings that I'm manually putting in. I've
tried manually vi'ing the config files and I've put in the information
in the "Configuration..." information time and again. The
"configuration..." information doesn't seem to be kept: each time I
look at the configuration the check boxes are unchecked after I've
re-checked them from before. I've put in a proxy server in the
"Network Proxy" settings and that doesn't seem to change anything. I
get python errors pretty consistently. The last python error I get
when I initiate up2date from the command line is:

urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')>
TypeError: hide() takes no arguments (2 given)

I've done a capture when up2date tries to go out to the Internet and
there's no attempt to use the proxy. The workstation is attempting to
use it's DNS servers (/etc/resolv.conf) to resolve the name. It's not
forwarding the request to the proxy to allow it to proxy the connection. 

The alert notification tool works fine and other tools/browsers (wget,
Firefox, etc.) work just fine from the same workstation, so I know I
can get out. The alert notification tool tells me all the updates
available so that's getting out just peachy, but up2date hangs because
it's not forwarding the request to the proxy. I can show the capture
if it would help.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
up2date-4.1.21-3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Double click the alert notification tool. "Launch up2date..." This
also works from command line.
2. Click "Forward..."
3. up2date attempts to resolve the update servers locally and will not
send through the proxy.
    

Actual Results:  The traffic goes no where.

Expected Results:  up2date connects to the proxy to fulfill the request.

Additional info: