apt-get http_proxy overwrites Acquire::http::Proxy settings

[Tim Schofield]

Binary package hint: apt

apt-get overrides apt.conf proxy settings with the http_proxy enviroment variable. This is counter intuitive as you would expect application level settings to override system/user settings.

This means I cannot use apt helper programs like apt-cacher or apt-p2p when I have the proxy set in System->Preferences->Network Proxy

Can there be a apt.conf setting which overides this behaviour (so as not to break existing configs)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 libstdc++6 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
 libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686