error using branch behind proxy

[Jeff Cunningham]

On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 03:05:16AM -0800, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
> This is unusual, curl do not recognize it for one. What bzr is
> currently expecting is:
> 
> http_proxy=http://nw-proxy.boeing.com:31060
> 
> Also note that for https you can say either:
> 
>   https_proxy=https://nw-proxy.boeing.com:31060
> 
> or
> 
>   https_proxy=http://nw-proxy.boeing.com:31060
> 
> depending on whether you want your local traffic (between you and
> the proxy) to be encrypted or not.
> 
> That should solve your immediate problem.
> 
> But I'm still surprised, can you tell me what other programs
> recognize this syntax in the environment variables ?


You are correct: changing the syntax to a fully qualified uri fixes
the problem.  I changed it in my profile and nothing else seems to
break. I'm not sure what program prescribed that syntax in the first
place. I'll let you know if I find out different.

Thanks!

-Jeff