[Bug 1312267] [NEW] wget does not honour proxy inside sudo

[Jan Groenewald]

Public bug reported:

On precise wget honours the proxy inside sudo:

0 jan at tunis:/tmp$lsb_release -d
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
0 jan at tunis:/tmp$sudo echo $http_proxy
http://proxy.aims.ac.za:3128/
0 jan at tunis:/tmp$sudo wget www.ubuntu.com
--2014-04-24 18:01:02--  http://www.ubuntu.com/
Resolving proxy.aims.ac.za (proxy.aims.ac.za)... 192.168.42.2
Connecting to proxy.aims.ac.za (proxy.aims.ac.za)|192.168.42.2|:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17268 (17K) [text/html]
Saving to: `index.html.1'

100%[======================================>] 17 268      --.-K/s   in
0,001s

2014-04-24 18:01:02 (12,9 MB/s) - `index.html.1' saved [17268/17268]

0 jan at tunis:/tmp$

On trusty, it does not:

ift at gift-laptop:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
gift at gift-laptop:~$ sudo echo $http_proxy
[sudo] password for gift:
http://proxy.aims.ac.za:3128/
gift at gift-laptop:~$ sudo wget www.ubuntu.com
--2014-04-24 19:04:22--  http://www.ubuntu.com/
Resolving www.ubuntu.com (www.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.89.103
Connecting to www.ubuntu.com (www.ubuntu.com)|91.189.89.103|:80... failed: Connection refused.
gift at gift-laptop:~$ 

This is going to break most of the advice on the internet to e.g. sudo
wget somesite/some-apt-key.

** Affects: wget (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  wget does not honour proxy inside sudo

Status in “wget” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On precise wget honours the proxy inside sudo:

  0 jan at tunis:/tmp$lsb_release -d
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  0 jan at tunis:/tmp$sudo echo $http_proxy
  http://proxy.aims.ac.za:3128/
  0 jan at tunis:/tmp$sudo wget www.ubuntu.com
  --2014-04-24 18:01:02--  http://www.ubuntu.com/
  Resolving proxy.aims.ac.za (proxy.aims.ac.za)... 192.168.42.2
  Connecting to proxy.aims.ac.za (proxy.aims.ac.za)|192.168.42.2|:3128... connected.
  Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
  Length: 17268 (17K) [text/html]
  Saving to: `index.html.1'

  100%[======================================>] 17 268      --.-K/s   in
  0,001s

  2014-04-24 18:01:02 (12,9 MB/s) - `index.html.1' saved [17268/17268]

  0 jan at tunis:/tmp$

  On trusty, it does not:

  ift at gift-laptop:~$ lsb_release -d
  Description:    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  gift at gift-laptop:~$ sudo echo $http_proxy
  [sudo] password for gift:
  http://proxy.aims.ac.za:3128/
  gift at gift-laptop:~$ sudo wget www.ubuntu.com
  --2014-04-24 19:04:22--  http://www.ubuntu.com/
  Resolving www.ubuntu.com (www.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.89.103
  Connecting to www.ubuntu.com (www.ubuntu.com)|91.189.89.103|:80... failed: Connection refused.
  gift at gift-laptop:~$ 

  This is going to break most of the advice on the internet to e.g. sudo
  wget somesite/some-apt-key.

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