flashplugin-nonfree: Does not honor http_proxy

Chris Collins ccollins at it.usyd.edu.au
Mon Jan 17 00:21:30 UTC 2005


Package: flashplugin-nonfree
Version: 7.0.25-5
Severity: important

Plugin installer fails to honor http_proxy when invoked via debconf, or
when invoked via the synaptic package manager.

This renders the package useless on networks that require http_proxy
usage for http access.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU

Versions of packages flashplugin-nonfree depends on:
ii  debconf                    1.4.29ubuntu4 Debian configuration management sy
ii  libruby                    1.8.1-7       Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.
ii  ruby                       1.8.1-7       An interpreter of object-oriented 

-- debconf information:
  flashplugin-nonfree/httpget: true
  flashplugin-nonfree/not_exist:
  flashplugin-nonfree/http_proxy:
* flashplugin-nonfree/local: /home/ccollins
* flashplugin-nonfree/delete: false




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