I confirm this bug, on a 14.04.1 LTS. I've tried to add:
# We have to set also proxy. See: # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1317920 # http_proxy="http://proxy:8080/" https_proxy="https://proxy:8080/" ftp_proxy="ftp://proxy:8080/" on /etc/anacrontab config file, i hope will fix it. -- 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