wget ignores the $http_proxy environment variable
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wget (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: wget
The $http_proxy environment variable is set, but wget still tries to connect directly. I'm behind a filtering proxy / firewall, so this means that wget doesn't work at all for me.
Steps to reproduce:
1: Set up a network segment with no outgoing traffic allowed on port 80, except to a specify proxy server.
2: type in a terminal window: wget http://
My results from the above are this:
--2010-08-11 10:56:44-- http://
Resolving news.bbc.co.uk... 212.58.244.59
Connecting to news.bbc.
I'm using an up-to-date installation of Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 64-bit. apt-cache reports wget's version as 1.12-1.1ubuntu2.
I think this bug may be why ttf-mscorefonts
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: wget 1.12-1.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 11 10:40:55 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wget
I forgot to say: I have no ~/.wgetrc, and I haven't touched /etc/wgetrc, or anything else. This machine has a clean, untouched installation, having been re-installed yesterday.