[Bug 877088] Re: Network proxy setting does not set apt.conf from the second time

[Ramin.Honary]

I have the same problem. I had created my own (duplicate) bug for this problem at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/879223

I am behind a corporate firewall using a McAfee web gateway, a content-
filtering proxy server. Our DNS resolves IP addresses without any proxy
settings, but HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP connections cannot be made to
addresses beyond the firewall unless we connect through the proxy
server. So when executing apt-get, it resolves my mirror's IP address
OK, but times-out trying to download the "Packages.gz" file. The only
way to make "apt-get" work correctly is to set the "/etc/apt/apt.conf"
file, which should be done by gnome-control-center, but it doesn't.

All I can do is write my own script to set "/etc/apt/apt.conf" to use
the proxy, and execute it every time I want to run "apt-get" at the
office.

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Title:
  Network proxy setting does not set apt.conf from the second time

Status in “ubuntu-system-service” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  How to reproduce:
    1. open network settings in gnome-control-center
    2. set proxy like the example below:
        * method - manual
        * HTTP Proxy - example.com:8080
        * HTTPS Proxy - example.com:8090
    3. press "Apply system wide"
        - confirm proxy settings are written in /etc/environment and /etc/apt/apt.conf
    4. turn off proxy by set back the Method to "None" and press "Apply system wide" again.
        - confirm proxy settings are gone from /etc/environment and /etc/apt/apt.conf
    5. set proxy again as well as step. 2, then press "Apply system wide" again.

  Expected to happen:
    6. proxy settings are written in /etc/environment and /etc/apt/apt.conf

  What happened instead:
    6. proxy settings are written in only /etc/environment, then /etc/apt/apt.conf remains as blank.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.285
  Date: Tue Oct 18 05:07:00 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
   deja-dup           20.0-0ubuntu3
   gnome-bluetooth    3.2.0-0ubuntu1
   indicator-datetime 0.3.0-0ubuntu3

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