On 10-Dec-2012, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> Also, please put this near the top of your d/rules file:
> 
> -----snip snip-----
> # Prevent setuptools/distribute from accessing the internet.
> export http_proxy = http://127.0.9.1:9
> -----snip snip-----

Good idea. Port 9 is the “discard” service. But why that particular
address?

> This should probably be mandatory for any distutils based package. ;)

It's a band-aid over the real problem, that of distutils expecting internet
access for build/install actions.

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