Uniform Proxy Settings

[Pavel Alexeev (aka Pahan-Hubbitus)]

Tim Lauridsen пишет:
> Kulbir Saini wrote:
>> 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.
> The problem is that the above is Gnome thing, so it make sense for 
> gnome apps to use it, but yum a low level app there should work on all 
> systems, also sytems with no GUI.
> Tim
>
Yes, but it is no problem for yum optionally check this settings if it 
is available in system, right?