[issue16702] Force urllib2_localnet test not to use http proxies

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Fixed in all branches of CPython. Thanks. -- assignee: -> orsenthil resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue16702] Force urllib2_localnet test not to use http proxies

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 6c186caa6285 by Senthil Kumaran in branch '2.7': Issue #16702: Skip proxies for localhost in urllib2_localnet tests http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6c186caa6285 New changeset 0eccfb237364 by Senthil Kumaran in branch '3.2': Issue #16702: Skip proxi

[issue16702] Force urllib2_localnet test not to use http proxies

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Jeff, Thanks for raising this issue. The aspect of skipping localhost for proxies in urllib2_localnet tests can be handled in a different way as well, namely by setting the environment varible NO_PROXY to "*". By this the skip_proxies in urllib2 returns True

[issue16702] Force urllib2_localnet test not to use http proxies

New submission from Jeff Knupp: test_urllib2_localnet is concerned with testing connections only using 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' hosts. If a user has the "http_proxy" environment variable set, these test will likely fail as the proxy won't have any idea where to send a request for 'localhost'