There is a quirk in the OpenBSD installer where the user is not prompted to
input HTTP proxy information unless the source type http is given for the
location of the sets. Indeed, looking through install.sub, the collection
of proxy information is done in install_http().

The side effect of this is proxy information is not added to rc.firsttime
unless http was chosen as the install type. So for common scenarios where:

1. The system is located behind a proxy
2. Sets were obtained locally, e.g. from install77.iso or install77.img

fw_update and syspatch will fail on the reboot and must be re-run manually
after proxy variables are hand-set.

It makes more sense to me if the proxy question was asked independent of
the sets location chosen, as the variable is propagated to rc.firsttime
in finish_up(). This check is always run regardless of the sets location.

Regards
Lloyd

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