I have http_proxy environment variable and I have proxy configured in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d. This is what I believe to be the correct setup - no MITM via sudo, and update-manager, apt, aptitude, jockey just work.
Where does the dialog originate from? update-notifier? But is it also the source of the text? I'd have guessed it's flashplugin-installer- related script trying to download something, and not using apt's proxy, and not seeing http_proxy. Could you not just make the flashplugin-installer script (or whatever is it that is trying to do the download) pull in /etc/profile? That sounds sane to me, I don't see it being a hole for the http_proxy hijack as sudo would be. Sounds safer to me than just passing http_proxy through sudo. Also note that sudo -i does pull /etc/profile in. But I don't know what do the GUI tools provided in Ubuntu to set http proxy do. Whatever the solution, it should work for a user who just sets http_proxy by GUI. (And this I assume does not set apt proxy, or does it? Oh...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977178 Title: After upgrading to 12.04, flash doesn't seem to be installed to Firefox even though the package is. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/977178/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
