Nathaniel thanks again for your input, and sorry for bothering you with this.
I located the component that inserts that "pac+": it's libsoup-gnome2.4-1.
1) I ran `apt-get source libsoup-gnome2.4-1`
2) I modified "pac+" to "pac+debug" in libsoup/soup-proxy-resolver-gnome.c:
} else if (proxy_mode == SOUP_PROXY_RESOLVER_GNOME_MODE_AUTO) {
char *autoconfig_url;
3) I compiled and installed this modified libsoup, and rebooted my PC.
4) echo $http_proxy now showed: pac+debug-http://server
So this is where the "pac+" that we see originates.
Again, I don't know if libsoup is correct in adding that "pac+" there or not. I'm just proposing that we notify the libsoup developers about this bug, so that we have their opinion on the subject.
Nathaniel thanks again for your input, and sorry for bothering you with this.
I located the component that inserts that "pac+": it's libsoup-gnome2.4-1.
1) I ran `apt-get source libsoup-gnome2.4-1`
2) I modified "pac+" to "pac+debug" in libsoup/ soup-proxy- resolver- gnome.c: RESOLVER_ GNOME_MODE_ AUTO) {
} else if (proxy_mode == SOUP_PROXY_
char *autoconfig_url;
autoconfig_url = gconf_client_ get_string ( PROXY_AUTOCONFI G_URL, NULL);
gconf_client, SOUP_GCONF_
if (autoconfig_url && !strncmp (autoconfig_url, "http", 4))
http_proxy = g_strconcat ("pac+debug-", autoconfig_url, NULL);
3) I compiled and installed this modified libsoup, and rebooted my PC.
4) echo $http_proxy now showed: pac+debug-http:// server
So this is where the "pac+" that we see originates.
Again, I don't know if libsoup is correct in adding that "pac+" there or not. I'm just proposing that we notify the libsoup developers about this bug, so that we have their opinion on the subject.