[Bug 994569] Re: add-apt-repository doesn't work behind a proxy [Ubuntu 12.04]

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

janakaravi: please don't assign yourself to bugs unless you plan to work
on them and provide a patch for the issue.

Looks to me like add-apt-repository works just fine behind even a very
restrictive proxy; however there is a catch (but not something that can
be worked around in code, or that should be worked around in code).

add-apt-repository itself requires the https_proxy variable to be able
to access Launchpad and get information about the PPAs, such as their
descriptions, signing key, etc.

However, the *http_proxy* variable is also required, because that's what
gets used by apt-key/gpg to retrieve the GPG keys signing the PPA
packages.

I'll mark this as Fix Released for Quantal since it's clearly working
properly; and open a task for Precise set to Incomplete until I or the
original reporter can re-test on Precise with http_proxy set.

It's possible any other issues may come from sudo clearing some
environment variables it shouldn't, but that should already have been
fixed in Quantal and Precise.

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: janakaravi (janakaravi) => (unassigned)

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Released

** Also affects: software-properties (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  add-apt-repository doesn't work behind a proxy  [Ubuntu 12.04]

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “software-properties” source package in Precise:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Using Ubuntu 12.04 in Virtual Box:

  
  The software is unusable behind a proxy:

  It simply waits and waits, but does get nothing.

  I already got the proxy set up in "Networks" in the control center,
  for https.

  
  To fix , set the https_proxy variable 

  https_proxy=http://www.example.com:8000/

  
  Please also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/516032

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