On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 07:25:01AM -0000, zub wrote: > 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.
See bug #982684. > 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. The dialog is from update-notifier. > 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. It wouldn't be a hole, but I don't know that manually pulling in /etc/profile is correct. Anyway, we are never execing a shell here; parsing /etc/profile in python would be messy, to say the least. I think the main issue still affecting people is bug #982684, which I'm working on. -- 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
