Proxy issues

[braje]

I have spend the last 3 hours figuring out why I cannot install ZMQ with the Julia package manager. I keep getting download errors on the repomod.xml file. I think what is happening is that (from reading some other similar issues on the internet) is that WinRPM is using IE to download these files. The problem is that the proxy I live behind explicitly blocks IE traffic. Is there any way to provide an alternative download mechanism?

[tkelman]

Did you try #47 (comment)?

We'd probably need to refactor the downloading mechanism, replacing https://github.com/JuliaLang/WinRPM.jl/blob/e51cd3710b476232f4d540c41f989cbdb2c3c80b/src/WinRPM.jl#L49-L51. See also #40 and JuliaPackaging/BinDeps.jl#135

[braje]

I did try #47. Unfortunately, I think it really is just the download mechanism. In fact, #40 looks like it is my exact problem. Missed that somehow.

[nalimilan]

Closing in favor of #40.