I think I've found the problem. The culprit is the "no_proxy" environment variable. Once I unset this wget starts honoring http_proxy setting. Perhaps the "no_proxy" format as set by gnome-settings automatically has syntax error.
-- wget does not use network proxy in some cases https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232469 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
