up2date Proxy Configuration

[Paul Howarth]

Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> 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.

This is bug#102272

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=102272

 > 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" ?

The proxying is implemented in two different places. The explicit up2date 
implementation is broken but the underlying python libraries that it's built 
on correctly support the proxy environment variables, which are generic 
settings for many applications.

Paul.