[Bug 1186138] [NEW] Update Manager does not forward proxy settings to packages which download content

[Marko Hrastovec]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

I have noticed a problem in update-manager and it is being there for a
long time. The problem is with packages which download the content via
proxy while installing. I have a proxy configured in the system and it
works fine. update-manager uses proxy settings and works well too.
However the packages like flashplugin-installer and ttf-mscorefonts-
installer can not fetch their data while installing via update-manager.

If I do the command line installation "sudo apt-get install flashplugin-
installer" or "sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer" it works
fine. With update manager configured to use proxy these two packages can
not be installed because they can not download the content.

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

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Title:
  Update Manager does not forward proxy settings to packages which
  download content

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

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I have noticed a problem in update-manager and it is being there for a
  long time. The problem is with packages which download the content via
  proxy while installing. I have a proxy configured in the system and it
  works fine. update-manager uses proxy settings and works well too.
  However the packages like flashplugin-installer and ttf-mscorefonts-
  installer can not fetch their data while installing via update-
  manager.

  If I do the command line installation "sudo apt-get install
  flashplugin-installer" or "sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-
  installer" it works fine. With update manager configured to use proxy
  these two packages can not be installed because they can not download
  the content.

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