Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
This just bit me on Debian 10, although it seems to affect only scripts run via in-target (i.e. `wget ...` works as expected, `in-target wget ...` doesn't). Over the years the relevant lines have been changed slightly and moved to /lib/chroot-setup.sh: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer-utils/-/blob/master/chroot-setup.sh#L136 RET=$(debconf-get mirror/protocol || true) if [ "$RET" = "http" ]; then RET=$(debconf-get mirror/http/proxy || true) if [ "$RET" ]; then http_proxy="$RET" export http_proxy fi fi As far as I can tell this is unnecessary for "in-target" APT to work, as proxy settings are written to /target/etc/apt/apt.conf already. And as others have pointed out, HTTP requests issued by any other program should not be affected by "mirror/http/proxy".
Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
The bug Roland reported is real, and occurs in 2013 with Debian 6 installer. There should indeed be a distinction between an APT proxy and a general-purpose HTTP proxy. Our APT proxy knows how to serve up files related to Debian mirrors, but can't do general-purpose HTTP retrievals such as preseed/run files from our PXE server. Currently mirror/http/proxy affects http_proxy globally, for all subsequent calls to wget. Might be better to not do that; instead, on each APT-related call to wget, if mirror/http/proxy has a value, then temporarily store it in http_proxy, call wget, and then restore http_proxy to its prior value. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5135087b.8080...@math.lsu.edu
Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
Op 13-02-2007 om 22:27 schreef Roland Dreier: It seems that the mirror/http/proxy setting should really only be used to get things from mirrors, or at least some way should be provided to say when to use the proxy and when not to. I don't understand the problem. My gut feeling is that the mirror/http/proxy setting is misconfigured, so I suggest to modify the preseed file that it sets. Next I will CC a posting the custom debian mailing where the proxy is also covered. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
Op 18-02-2007 om 17:03 schreef Geert Stappers: Op 18-02-2007 om 16:44 schreef Geert Stappers: I don't understand the problem. My gut feeling is that the mirror/http/proxy setting is misconfigured, so I suggest to modify the preseed file that it sets. Next I will CC a posting the custom debian mailing where the proxy is also covered. That line should be apt-setup-udeb apt-setup/security_host string I was wrong about it was also about about proxy settings. Meanwhile I do understand the problem. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
Op 18-02-2007 om 18:02 schreef Geert Stappers: Meanwhile I do understand the problem. This BR is allready re-assign to preseed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
I'm confused -- what is the current status? Do you understand why mirror/http/proxy should not apply when fetching preseed/include and preseed/run files, or do you need more clarification? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bug#410878: d-i uses mirror/http/proxy setting when it (probably) shouldn't
Package: debian-installer Version: 20061102 I'm trying to use d-i to netboot a system and run a preseeded install, with the preseed config being loaded via http. The configuration of my network is such that I have to use an http proxy to reach Debian mirrors, so I have a mirror/http/proxy setting; however, that proxy is configured so that it should only be used to reach URLs outside of my network -- for locations inside the network, it returns a 502 error. I am also using a preseed/run setting to ask d-i to fetch a script to run during installation; however, /lib/preseed/fetch-methods/http has the code: # use the proxy for wgets (should speed things up) if db_get mirror/http/proxy; then export http_proxy=$RET fi which means that d-i tries to use the proxy to fetch the preseed/run script as well, which fails (with a http 502 error). It seems that the mirror/http/proxy setting should really only be used to get things from mirrors, or at least some way should be provided to say when to use the proxy and when not to. This is happening with a daily d-i build from 2007-02-13. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
