control: tags -1 + patch Hi Jakub,
Jakub Wilk <[email protected]> writes: > Package: debsecan > Version: 0.4.17 > Severity: minor > > The manpage says that the http_proxy environment variable "instructs > debsecan to use a proxy server to fetch the vulnerability data." But by > default, debsecan fetches the vulnerability data via HTTPS, so > http_proxy has no effect: > > $ http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:9/ debsecan | wc -l > 779 > > $ https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:9/ debsecan | wc -l > error: while downloading > https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/debsecan/release/1/sid: > error: [Errno 111] Connection refused > 0 > > > I suppose https_proxy should be documented instead (or in addition to > http_proxy). The attached patch makes the change. -- Best regards, Michael
>From a227b67e002b937fed8579e63c8b9f2ed3a143bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:48:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] s/http_proxy/https_proxy/ --- doc/debsecan.1 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/debsecan.1 b/doc/debsecan.1 index 4b5bb3c..9766d66 100644 --- a/doc/debsecan.1 +++ b/doc/debsecan.1 @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ See for a tool which creates a suitable cron entry. .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP -.B http_proxy +.B https_proxy This environment variable instructs .B debsecan to use a proxy server to fetch the vulnerability data. It must be of -- 2.9.3
