wget ignores the $http_proxy environment variable

[Hugh Parker]

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://news.bbc.co.uk

My results from the above are this:

--2010-08-11 10:56:44-- http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Resolving news.bbc.co.uk... 212.58.244.59
Connecting to news.bbc.co.uk|212.58.244.59|:80... failed: No route to host.

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-installer and flashplugin-installer are failing on this computer.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: wget 1.12-1.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
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

[Hugh Parker (hcp)]

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.