[Bug 983559] Re: package-data-downloader utility does not honor apt http proxy settings

[Graham Inggs]

@Adrianna:  Try the following work-arounds:

To download flashplugin for the first time (or after removing the package):
$ sudo -i apt-get install flashplugin-installer

If you have pending downloads, either from an update or a previous failed attempt, this can be fixed with:
$ sudo -i /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader

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Title:
  package-data-downloader utility does not honor apt http proxy settings

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I'm running 12.04 in an intranet where a proxy is required to get out.
  I set up apt-get with a proxy:

  $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99proxy 
  Acquire::http::proxy "http://proxy:8080/";

  But running this fails:

  $ apt-get install flashplugin-installer
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Suggested packages:
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-xfree86-nonfree
    xfs
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    flashplugin-installer
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  Need to get 8,292 B of archives.
  After this operation, 146 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse flashplugin-installer amd64 11.2.202.233ubuntu1 [8,292 B]
  Fetched 8,292 B in 0s (15.2 kB/s)                
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  Selecting previously unselected package flashplugin-installer.
  (Reading database ... 255509 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking flashplugin-installer (from .../flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.233ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ...
  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.228.orig.tar.gz
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
      dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
      return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve
      fp = self.open(url, data)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open
      return getattr(self, name)(url)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 344, in open_http
      h.endheaders(data)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 954, in endheaders
      self._send_output(message_body)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 814, in _send_output
      self.send(msg)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 776, in send
      self.connect()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 757, in connect
      self.timeout, self.source_address)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection
      raise err
  IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno 110] Connection timed out
  Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.233ubuntu1) ...

  
  I never put http_proxy in my environment.  So apt-get was able to download the .deb but not get the additional binary.  Since this process runs inside the context of apt-get, it seems it should pick up the proxy setting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.233ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 16 17:33:46 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111103)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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