> 
> > 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  pÿÿÿÿ
* 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 ðtÿÿÿÿ
* Closing live connection (#0)

and mirror list is not updated

-andrej


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