[Bug 1227571] Re: update-notifier-common.cron.daily does not respect proxy settings

[Brian Murray]

Could you test the following series of commands in a terminal?

 $ python
Python 2.7.5+ (default, Sep 19 2013, 13:48:49) 
[GCC 4.8.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> os.environ['http_proxy']
'http://192.168.10.1:3128/'
>>> os.environ['https_proxy']


Thanks again!

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Title:
  update-notifier-common.cron.daily does not respect proxy settings

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  For a long time I have gotten annoying update messages every time I
  log in, about flashplugin-installer not being downloaded correctly. I
  get prompted if I wish to install, and upon clicking yes, a terminal
  flashes  on the screen. The installation likely fails, but there is no
  real way to verify since the terminal is killed immediately.

  I've managed to track it down to being a proxy error. Simply, the
  update-notifier-common script in /etc/cron.daily does not respect my
  workstation's proxy settings.

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