Re: error downloading yum source code

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 18:51 +0530, pranjal pandit wrote:
> > Where did you get this command from?
> >
> > The commands for getting the yum git tree are here:
> >
> > http://yum.baseurl.org/#Topullanonymouslyfromgitdothefollowing
> >
> > specifically, you want:
> > git clone git://yum.baseurl.org/yum.git
> >
> I tried git clone git://yum.baseurl.org/yum.git but got the following
> DNS error :
> 
> fatal: Unable to look up yum.baseurl.org (port 9418) (Name or service not known)
> 
> I am behind an http proxy and thus used the http:// service to use the
> git repository (I found that after some googling).
> 
> Should I use some other method behind an http proxy/ Please suggest.

for http:// downloading use:

git clone http://yum.baseurl.org/git/yum.git

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