Incorrect SSL Proxy Behavior

[Gus]

        When https_proxy is set, wget 1.8.2 tries to pass the GET string to
the proxy. This is an incorrect behavior; secure proxies expect a CONNECT
host:port request per RFC 2817.

        I am unfamiliar with the wget source tree, but am going to look into
writing a patch.

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Gus
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