Hello Henning, could you please try the following patch: === modified file 'UpdateManager/Core/utils.py' --- UpdateManager/Core/utils.py 2009-01-27 13:48:14 +0000 +++ UpdateManager/Core/utils.py 2009-10-30 11:05:50 +0000 @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ (scheme, netloc, path, querry, fragment) = urlparse.urlsplit(uri) if scheme == "http": import httplib + proxy = os.getenv("http_proxy") + if (proxy): + path = scheme + netloc + path + netloc = proxy try: c = httplib.HTTPConnection(netloc) c.request("HEAD", path) @@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ * then into gconf (if gconfclient was supplied) """ SYNAPTIC_CONF_FILE = "/root/.synaptic/synaptic.conf" - proxy = None + proxy = os.getenv("http_proxy") # generic apt config wins apt_pkg.InitConfig() - if apt_pkg.Config.Find("Acquire::http::Proxy") != '': + if not proxy and apt_pkg.Config.Find("Acquire::http::Proxy") != '': proxy = apt_pkg.Config.Find("Acquire::http::Proxy") # then synaptic elif os.path.exists(SYNAPTIC_CONF_FILE):
and see if that helps? -- url_downloadable ignores proxy settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446552 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