[Reportbug-maint] Bug#659013: reportbug: Should use a http proxy when http_proxy environment is set

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Package: reportbug
Version: 4.12.6

I discovered this while testing Debian in a network where all Internet
connections need to go throught a proxy.  Reportbug do not work in such
setup.  Setting the http_proxy environment variable to tell reportbug to
use a proxy did not help.

reportbug were unable to fetch madison information, and failed to fetch.
already reported bugs from BTS.

Please make reportbug work also in networks where all HTTP requests have
to go through a HTTP proxy.

I called reportbug like this on the command line:

  http_proxy=http://webcache:3128 reportbug powertop
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen