For the record, I don't get a "connection timed out" or any other kind of error message -- if I interrupt the downloader with ctrl-c I get this traceback:
$ sudo -i /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.235.orig.tar.gz ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 296, in <module> process_download_requests() File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 267, in retrieve block = fp.read(bs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 380, in read data = self._sock.recv(left) KeyboardInterrupt Sometimes the traceback only goes as far as 'block = fp.read(bs)'. Before I interrupt the downloader, I can observe the temporary downloaded file growing in /tmp/ until it reaches the full expected size. Then nothing happens. The downloader doesn't appear to detect that the download was successful. I'm assuming that this is some kind of problem in urllib. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/983559 Title: package-data-downloader utility does not honor apt http proxy settings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/983559/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
