2008/10/2 Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi list, > > Whenever I try a new version of Fedora, the first problem I face is > setting the proxy. It seems for almost every application, I have to specify > proxy at a different place. We have this "System -> Preferences -> Internet > and Network -> Network Proxy" app to specify proxy settings. But I wonder if > there is some application which obeys these settings. There is one: http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457035 I was waiting for upstream to answear to the patch before importing. (i will import soon) Nicolas (kwizart) > Examples: > > 1. Yum (3.2.19-3.fc10) won't fetch proxy settings from above specified > location. It has to be set via proxy option in yum.conf or > http_proxy/ftp_proxy env variable. > 2. Codeina (0.10.1-9.fc10) will behave the same. > 3. Revisor (2.1.0-1rc7.fc9) will not even obey http_proxy/ftp_proxy env > variable settings. It has to be set in revisor.conf via proxy option. > .... and the list continues. > > Do we have any plans in near future to force a single location where proxy > will be set and all other applications must read/write settings from/to that > location? so that we can set different proxies (in case somebody needs) for > different applications at that particular location. > > --------------------------------------------------- > Thank you, > Kulbir Saini, > Computer Science and Engineering, > International Institute of Information Technology, > Hyderbad, India - 500032. > > My Home-Page: http://saini.co.in/ > My Web-Blog: http://fedora.co.in/ > > IRC nick : generalBordeaux > Channels : #fedora, #fedora-devel, #yum on freenode > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
