[Popcon-developers] Bug#365681: popcon: using http_proxy

[Bill Allombert]

On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 07:56:04PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Version: 1.33
> 
> It looks as if popularity-contest will use http_proxy if it is set. Could you 
> please document how to use it in popularity-contest(8) and the README/FAQ and 
> provide commented examples in popularity-contest.conf and default.conf.

Technically popcon-upload will honour the variable http_proxy following
the usual syntax: http_proxy="http://proxy:port/".
The script popularity-contest itself does not use it.

http_proxy seems to be a standard, but I don't know how it is supposed
to be set in Debian.

For the purpose of popcon-upload, it is sufficient to set it (and export
it) in the script /etc/cron.weekly/popularity-contest.

If I get more definite information, I will document it in the FAQ.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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