up2date Proxy Configuration

[Jorge Fábregas]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a weird problem running up2date with a proxy. If I configure the 
proxy using:  up2date --configure  and I enter the proxy in the format:  
host:ip-number and I run up2date it doesn't work.  It simply hangs (the 
little window showing the retrieving of headers stays there). However, If I 
(on the shell) export the variable http_proxy and I assign the proper value 
for it and then I run up2date there...it works fine. So, my question is: why 
is just considering the value for http_proxy (envirionment variable) and not 
the one I configured for it using "up2date --configure" ?
 
Thanks for the help.
Jorge