Hello, On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 08:08, A. Costa <agco...@gis.net> wrote: > As an experiment, from the shell I unset my 'ftp_proxy=' and > 'http_proxy=' environmental variables. After which 'reportbug' worked > as expected. IIRC 'reportbug' wasn't formerly sensitive to > proxy environmental variables. (My system's haven't changed in years.) > > Experiment #2: > > # try it with nonsense proxy settings > % export ftp_proxy=noproxy ; export http_proxy=noproxy > % reportbug dash > *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** > Detected character set: us-ascii > Please change your locale if this is incorrect. > > Using 'A Costa <agco...@gis.net>' as your from address. > Getting status for dash... > Verifying package integrity... > Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org... > Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). > Querying Debian BTS for reports on dash (source)... > Unable to connect to Debian BTS; continue [y|N|?]? N > > That error message was much more informative. > > My initial proxy environmental variables were: > > ftp_proxy=http://localhost:8080/ > http_proxy=http://localhost:8080/ > > When I reset them to the above, the error recurs.
I just tried and I can't replicate this problem either with an empty http_proxy or an invalid value (non-existing proxy) not even with a valid one. Given we recently changed the way we fetch bug reports, could you please check with the latest version in sid and confirm it's gone/still happening? Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
