Bug#524325: http_proxy overrides apt.conf

["Hans Müller" <hans1215@gmx.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14ubuntu6
Severity: wishlist

I have set the environment variable http_proxy for use with wget, lynx or 
other http retrieving utilities.
This overrides the settings in apt.conf making this configuration useless.
The only workaround is to unset http_proxy every time you invoke aptitude.

Can you change this behaviour?
The following options could solve this issue.

1. Make aptitude look for apt_http_proxy instead of http_proxy
   and include the value 'direct' for this variable to not use a proxy.
   
2. Include an option for apt.conf to let apt* ignore the http_proxy setting.
   
Thanks a lot
Hans Mueller

-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --

-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers jaunty-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'jaunty-updates'), (500, 'jaunty-security'), (500, 'jaunty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

-- no debconf information


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