[Popcon-developers] Bug#365681: popcon: using http_proxy

Subject: [Popcon-developers] Bug#365681: popcon: using http_proxy
From: pere@hungry.com (Petter Reinholdtsen)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:34:53 +0100
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[Bill Allombert]
> I propose we apply the attached patch to fix bug #365681.

Why not use http_proxy directly instead of HTTP_PROXY?  It should be
enough to specify that http_proxy can be set in
/etc/popularity-contest.conf, and then just export it if it is set.

Introducing HTTP_PROXY might just increase confusion, for those that
know about http_proxy.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen

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