Uniform Proxy Settings

[Kulbir Saini]

Hi list,

    Whenever I try a new version of Fedora, the first problem I face is 
setting the proxy. It seems for almost every application, I have to 
specify proxy at a different place. We have this "System -> Preferences 
-> Internet and Network -> Network Proxy" app to specify proxy settings. 
But I wonder if there is some application which obeys these settings.

Examples:

    1. Yum (3.2.19-3.fc10) won't fetch proxy settings from above 
specified location. It has to be set via proxy option in yum.conf or 
http_proxy/ftp_proxy env variable.
    2. Codeina (0.10.1-9.fc10) will behave the same.
    3. Revisor (2.1.0-1rc7.fc9) will not even obey http_proxy/ftp_proxy 
env variable settings. It has to be set in revisor.conf via proxy option.
    .... and the list continues.

    Do we have any plans in near future to force a single location where 
proxy will be set and all other applications must read/write settings 
from/to that location? so that we can set different proxies (in case 
somebody needs) for different applications at that particular location.

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Thank you,
Kulbir Saini,
Computer Science and Engineering,
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderbad, India - 500032.

My Home-Page: http://saini.co.in/
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