I'm using an edgy migrated to feisty, just changing the distribution name in the apt/sources.
After that I could update my system. I check for the variable doing an "export" command on the shell... -- http_proxy variable export https://launchpad.net/bugs/73755 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs