apt-get update ignores sytem proxy settings

[Jacques Viviers]

1. I go to Dash | Network | Network proxy where I set up my proxy.
2. Go to a terminal and say wget www.google.com, this works.
3. type sudo apt-get update
4. See that apt-get update does not use the proxy setting that wget uses.
5. edit /etc/apt/apt.conf:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:3128/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "http://localhost:3128/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://localhost:3128/";
6. Try apt-get update again
7. It Works!

Network proxy thould update the apt.conf file as well.

This is actually a network settings bug, but it manifests in apt-get.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.305
Date: Mon Mar 5 07:08:01 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jacques Viviers (jacques-viviers)]

Can someone give me a shove in the right direction? I'd like to fix this myself?

[divyang (div-nanotech)]

even creating /etc/apt/apt.conf file doesn't solve the problem.
apt-get is showin folowing error
E: Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf:2: Extra junk at end of file

[Jacques Viviers (jacques-viviers)]

I did the same steps as in the above bug report, and it works!

Thank you.

[Jacques Viviers (jacques-viviers)]

This is fixed in the Daily Build of 18 April 2012