** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center - Ubuntu version: - Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS and + Ubuntu version: + Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS and Ubuntu maverick (development branch) Package version: Lucid: 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1 Maverick: 1:2.31.91-0ubuntu1 How to replicate: Go to System -> Preferences -> Network Proxy (or gnome-network-properties) Manual, Use same for all protocols, proxy.sun.ac.za port 3128 Ignored hosts: *.sun.ac.za and 146.232.0.0/16 Apply Sytem-wide Restart computer Part 1: run: sudo aptitude update w/h: apt tries to use the proxy to connect to the ubuntu repository at ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/ w/s/h: apt should obey the ignored hosts and connect directly to this server workaround: comment out "Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://proxy.sun.ac.za:3128";"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. Then apt connects directly to ALL ftp servers. - Part 2: + Part 2: (after workaround has been applied) sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer w/h: apt calls wget, which on its turn tries to download the flashplugin from http://archive.canonical.com directly, without using the proxy server. w/s/h: wget, which is called by apt, should obey the proxy rules set "system-wide" in gnome-network-properties. - workaround: running a transparent proxy on another computer through which the traffic is routed. Or "sudo killall wget" a lot of times and let the install fail. + workaround: running a transparent proxy on another computer through which the traffic is routed. Or "sudo killall wget" a lot of times and let the install fail. The same happens when installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer, which is also called by wine and ubuntu-restricted-extras. This bug is present since 10.04 and affects all users on networks behind proxy servers. This includes university networks. Bug also affects: aptitude apt-get software-center wget This bug can be classified as a security vulnerability as access to update-repositories might be blocked (part 1).
-- gnome-network-properties does not set apt proxy correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
