Same issue for me. Tested on jaunty. I'd guess it's a problem for a lot of workstations/desktops in companies, which usually have internet-access only through a proxy and an internal apt-mirror for ubuntu-updates.
-- update-manager does not correctly interpret gnome proxy configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173050 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs