Bug#248255: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#248255: apt should use apt.conf proxy settings when getting external software)
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> #248255: apt should use apt.conf proxy settings when getting external software,
> which was filed against the apt package.
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> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>.
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> From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
> To: Niklas Morberg <niklas.morberg@axis.com>, 248255-done@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#248255: apt should use apt.conf proxy settings when getting external software
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> On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 07:55:01AM +0200, Niklas Morberg wrote:
>
>> Package: apt
>> Version: 0.5.24
>> Severity: minor
>> Tags: sid
>>
>> When downloading a package that depends on fetching external URI:s (e.g.
>> flashplugin-nonfree), apt does not use the Acquire::http variable. The
>> result is that installing such a package will not work, since the
>> connection will time out.
>>
>> A workaround is to set the http_proxy environment variable for root to a
>> proper value.
>
> This is not a workaround; it is the correct solution. The settings in
> apt.conf apply only to apt. http_proxy will be honored both by apt, and by
> many other programs. So, if the proxy is required in order for you to
> access external URLs, you should be setting http_proxy.
I think this should be mentioned in the documentation (as
suggested in, but in your reply trimmed from, my original
report). It was not obvious to me that this was needed.
Niklas
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