Bug#131825: apt: wrong handling of http_proxy environment variable

To: Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>, 131825@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#131825: apt: wrong handling of http_proxy environment variable
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:25:32 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20020201112532.GP23607@wiggy.net>
Reply-to: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>, 131825@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20020201100443.64A8916625@bretagne.rail.eu.org>
References: <[🔎] 20020201100443.64A8916625@bretagne.rail.eu.org>

Previously Erwan David wrote:
> the standard http_proxy format is machine:port lynx and other
> programs relies on it.

No, the standard format is http://hostname[:port]/ which works
just fine.

Wichert.

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