Package: apt Version: 0.7.12 Severity: wishlist $ man apt.conf says The http_proxy environment variable will override all settings. Please add a way to override this override, like e.g., $ grep proxy /etc/wgetrc # If you do not want to use proxy at all, set this to off. #use_proxy = on In some environments, 99.9% of applications should go over the *_proxys. You will force one to make wrappers for all apt scripts.