Ubuntu
policykit-1 package

  1. Bug #982684
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 982684

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zub (zub-linux) wrote : Re: sudo doesn't apply global environment settings from /etc/environment

I just found another usecase where fixing this issue helps:

sudo apt-add-repository FOO

does not work when http_proxy is required. (As http_proxy from env. is not set and apt's proxy is not used.)