programs not picking up proxy environment variable

2004-01-12 Thread Micha Feigin
My aptitude doesn't pick up the http_proxy environment variable. When I run aptitude, it can't reach anything through http, when I run it as http_proxy=$http_proxy aptitude everything is fine. Any idea? My system is unstable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: proxy environment variable

1998-02-09 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Florian Attenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > What is the sysntax for the proxy variables: > ftp_proxy="don't know" > http_proxy="don't know" http_proxy=http://localhost:8080/ export http_proxy The same for ftp_proxy. Torsten -- I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on

Re: proxy environment variable

1998-02-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Feb 08, 1998 at 09:52:12PM +0100, Peter Paluch wrote: > ftp_proxy=proxy.utc.sk:3128 > http_proxy=proxy.utc.sk:3128 > > That's all the trick. This might work with wget, but it doesn't seem very standard -- Lynx doesn't like it. I use http_proxy=http://proxywww.rmit.edu.au:8080/ The final

Re: proxy environment variable

1998-02-08 Thread Peter Paluch
Hi all, === Florian Attenberger wrote: > What is the sysntax for the proxy variables: > ftp_proxy="don't know" > http_proxy="don't know" You are using wget, aren't you? ;-) Well, the syntax is rather simple: fpt_proxy=full_server_name:port http_proxy=full_server_name:port Imagine that there

proxy environment variable

1998-02-08 Thread Florian Attenberger
Hi, What is the sysntax for the proxy variables: ftp_proxy="don't know" http_proxy="don't know" thanx flo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .