I created two simple cron scripts on a new installation of Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 with all updates installed (the only additional package I installed was cifs-utils).
/etc/cron.daily/testenv-daily: #!/bin/sh logger -t testenv-daily "http_proxy=$http_proxy" /etc/cron.hourly/testenv-hourly: #!/bin/sh logger -t testenv-hourly "http_proxy=$http_proxy" Here are the respective lines of /var/log/syslog: May 15 09:38:32 wkjpvm6 testenv-daily: http_proxy= May 15 10:17:01 wkjpvm6 testenv-hourly: http_proxy=http://proxy.krz.uni-heidelberg.de:8080/ I have no idea why the enviroment is set for hourly cron jobs but not for daily cron jobs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317920 Title: update-notifier does not user configured system proxy when downloading files with package-data-downloader To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1317920/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
