[arch-general] [pkgstats] Patch to allow pkgstats to submit info through a proxy (if this is setted on http_proxy)

[Angel Velásquez]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:50:03 -0300, Angel Velásquez
> <angvp at archlinux.com.ve> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de>
>> wrote:
>>> Am Montag 21 Dezember 2009 15:13:53 schrieb Angel Velásquez:
>>>> So, I decided to do a little patch to pkgstats, I've tested and now
>>>> it's working .. (I am checking if the http_proxy env var is empty and
>>>> else I am setting a variable called prox which have the value of the
>>>> proxy).
>>>
>>> That shouldn't be needed because curl reads the env vars itself (at
> least
>>> according to its man page)
>>>
>>> Btw: pkgstats not that usable atm.
>>
>> Well curl wasn't reading the env vars, in fact I had to add this
>> option --proxy. So if curl isn't reading the env vars there is a
>> curl's bug.
>>
>> And why is not usable pkgstats?
>
> Make sure your proxy support https and you have set https_proxy; the stats
> are sent via https; so setting just http_proxy does not work.

Are you completely sure?

[«avelasquez at avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ echo $http_proxy
http://localhost:5865
[«avelasquez at avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ https_proxy=$http_proxy
[«avelasquez at avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ echo $https_proxy
http://localhost:5865
[«avelasquez at avelasquez-desktop ~»]$ pkgstats
Creating package list...
Submitting data...

And never submit anything,

note: I am using ntlmaps as a proxy server since I am behind a noisy ISA Server.

With the patch that I've sent, that isn't happening to me, are you
completely sure about the http_proxy env var and https_proxy are
detected automatically by curl? is this a curl bug?





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