Description of problem: I have in my yum.conf proxy=http://proxy.<domain>:3128 and in my /etc/wgetrc: http_proxy=http://proxy.<domain>:3128 yum and wget both work well. I tried to configure rpm likewise, with a file /etc/rpm/macros.proxy: %_httpproxy proxy.<domain> %_httpport 3128 rpm cannot retrieve the package. I tried directly # rpm -iv --httpproxy proxy.<domain> --httpport 3128 http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/….rpm Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/....rpm curl: (7) couldn't connect to host error: skipping http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/….rpm - transfer failed On the proxy, no connection is registered, and while it was attempting to retrieve the package, I ran a 'ps -edf': I saw then the curl command without any --proxy option. It is a pity, because curl --proxy proxy.<domain>:3128 download.fedora.redhat.com works well. Last but not least, if I set http_proxy variable in the environment, rpm works fine (with or without the --httpp* options) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.7.1 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set a proxy listening on port 3128. 2. Have a machine behind that proxy, that cannot connect to the internet but through the proxy. 3. On this machine, make sure http_proxy is not set and run rpm --httproxy <your proxy> --httpport 3128 -i <package Internet URL> Actual results: Cannot retrieve package Expected results: Installation successful. Additional info: Apart from reminding that yum, wget and curl are working fine, I see nothing else to report.
Nod, the proxy config just never got rewired after changing rpm to call out to curl for remote file retrieval. Aint hard to fix, for now you can either a) use http_proxy environment (which curl honors) b) set the proxy in ~/.curlrc c) override default %__urlhelperopts in ~/.rpmmacros to include proxy options (this gets passed directly to curl)
Your c) solution should match my requirements. Thank you very much. Where is it documented, please ? If the value is passed as curl options, then the following should be OK for me, right ? %__urlhelperopts --proxy proxy.<domain>:3128
It's only "documented" at the end of /usr/lib/rpm/macros (in other words, its not). What you want is to grab the default value from /usr/lib/rpm/macros and add your own needs to that, eg: %__urlhelperopts --proxy proxy.<domain>:3128 --silent --show-error --fail --location -o Note that -o needs to be last on that line, as a temporary file name will follow that when called by rpm.
It still does not work, and I can't find why. I am sorry to come back to you. Please have a look at the following commands. # cat /etc/rpm/macros.proxy # Proxy macros %__urlhelperopts --proxy proxy.<domain>:3128 -v --show-error --location -o # rpm -iv http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm * About to connect() to proxy proxy.<domain> port 3128 (#0) * Trying 172.16.113.115... connected * Connected to proxy.<domain> (172.16.113.115) port 3128 (#0) > GET http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm > HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.19.6 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.6 NSS/3.12.4.1 Beta zlib/1.2.3 libidn/1.9 libssh2/1.0 > Host: download.fedora.redhat.com > Accept: */* > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Empty reply from server 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connection #0 to host proxy.<domain> left intact curl: (52) Empty reply from server * Closing connection #0 error: skipping http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm - transfer failed # curl --proxy proxy.<domain>:3128 -v --show-error --location -o test http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm * About to connect() to proxy proxy.<domain> port 3128 (#0) * Trying 172.16.113.115... connected * Connected to proxy.<domain> (172.16.113.115) port 3128 (#0) > GET http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.19.6 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.6 NSS/3.12.4.1 Beta zlib/1.2.3 libidn/1.9 libssh2/1.0 > Host: download.fedora.redhat.com > Accept: */* > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* HTTP 1.0, assume close after body < HTTP/1.0 200 OK < Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:46:42 GMT < Server: Apache < Last-Modified: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:44:20 GMT < ETag: "1b1f0da-17fdc-ba5a0900" < Accept-Ranges: bytes < Content-Length: 98268 < Content-Type: application/x-rpm < X-Cache: MISS from proxymaster.<domain> < X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from proxymaster.<domain>:3128 < X-Cache: MISS from frontale-tlse.<domain> < X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from frontale-tlse.<domain>:3128 < Via: 1.1 proxymaster<domain>:3128 (squid/2.7.STABLE3), 1.0 frontale-tlse.<domain>:3128 (squid/2.6.STABLE13) * HTTP/1.0 proxy connection set to keep alive! < Proxy-Connection: keep-alive < 0 98268 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0{ [data not shown] 100 98268 100 98268 0 0 77858 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 77990* Connection #0 to host proxy.<domain> left intact * Closing connection #0 # rpm -iv http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpmRetrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm * About to connect() to proxy proxy.<domain> port 3128 (#0) * Trying 172.16.113.115... connected * Connected to proxy.<domain> (172.16.113.115) port 3128 (#0) > GET http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64.rpm > HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.19.6 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.6 NSS/3.12.4.1 Beta zlib/1.2.3 libidn/1.9 libssh2/1.0 > Host: download.fedora.redhat.com > Accept: */* > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > { [data not shown] % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 97983 0 97983 0 0 6949k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 7996k* Connection #0 to host proxy.<domain> left intact * Closing connection #0 Preparing packages for installation... package MAKEDEV-3.24-3.x86_64 is already installed Conclusion: curl must not be called with exactly the same options as my %__urlhelperopts. The last command was to help you find the issue: I have a nscd running on the host. Once curl has succeeded in downloading the package once, then the subsequent calls to rpm succeed in retrieving the package: called by rpm, curl can access the cached downloads, but still not the remote package. I have checked my environment variables: none is related to proxys. Have you got any other clue for me ? Thanks for the time you spend on this...
rpm-4.7.2-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rpm-4.7.2-1.fc11
rpm-4.7.2-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update rpm'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-13589
rpm-4.7.2-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.