[Bug 880090] [NEW] "Ubuntu distro Upgrade Available" dialog ignores HTTP proxy settings when fetching release info

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Public bug reported:

Release: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty

The dialog announcing the availability of a new Ubuntu release seems to
ignore HTTP proxy settings when it fetches a document from Ubuntu
website - see the attached screenshot.

Note that this is a cosmetic issue that affects the dialog only, update
itself is not affected and works ok.

As far as I know, the proxy is correctly set in the http_proxy
environment variable, in the gnome proxy settings (whatever that does in
the end...) and in apt configuration, so both apt and e.g. web browsing
work ok on that box.

I don't know the precise version of update-manager, but it happened
recently, before I upgraded to 11.10, so I think whatever is the current
version in Natty is affected (1:0.150.4?).

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: distribution-upgrade

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Title:
  "Ubuntu distro Upgrade Available" dialog ignores HTTP proxy settings
  when fetching release info

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Release: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty

  The dialog announcing the availability of a new Ubuntu release seems
  to ignore HTTP proxy settings when it fetches a document from Ubuntu
  website - see the attached screenshot.

  Note that this is a cosmetic issue that affects the dialog only,
  update itself is not affected and works ok.

  As far as I know, the proxy is correctly set in the http_proxy
  environment variable, in the gnome proxy settings (whatever that does
  in the end...) and in apt configuration, so both apt and e.g. web
  browsing work ok on that box.

  I don't know the precise version of update-manager, but it happened
  recently, before I upgraded to 11.10, so I think whatever is the
  current version in Natty is affected (1:0.150.4?).

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