Bug#742380: Debian bug #742380: please respect http_proxy settings

2014-03-23 Thread Tomasz Nitecki
Hey, I don't think it's sensible to work around broken configuration, http_proxy should specify http or https, so... I think closing this bug is right. Obviously feel free to reopen if you think thats appropriate. Nah, I agree with you. I was only thinking about adding a warning about

Bug#742380: please respect http_proxy settings

2014-03-22 Thread Holger Levsen
package: how-can-i-help Hi, how-can-i-help tries to directly downloading files via http, without respecting http_proxy. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Bug#742380: Debian bug #742380: please respect http_proxy settings

2014-03-22 Thread Tomasz Nitecki
Hey, The problem seems to be related to the value http_proxy is set at. If it starts with URI scheme like 'http://' or 'https://' proxy works fine. However, if it doesn't, URI.parse seems to parse it incorrectly (empty values) which makes HTTP.new to ignore proxy. Holger, can you please confirm