[Reportbug-maint] Bug#682137: reportbug fails to use a http proxy

[Sandro Tosi]

reassign 682137 python-debianbts
thanks

we use python-debianbts to access the BTS, so reassigning this bug to it.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Uwe Storbeck <uwe at ibr.ch> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> same problem here, reportbug fails to access the BTS through
> a proxy. When the proxy is configured in ~/.reportbugrc
> reportbug also fails to access the package database:
>
> $ grep proxy ~/.reportbugrc
> # Your proxy server address
> http_proxy "http://http-proxy.ibr.ch:8080/"
>
> $ reportbug
> Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a problem, or type
> 'other' to report a more general problem.
>> binutils
> [..]
> Using 'Uwe Storbeck <uwe at ibr.ch>' as your from address.
> Getting status for binutils...
> Checking for newer versions at madison...
> Querying Debian BTS for reports on binutils (source)...
> Unable to connect to Debian BTS; continue [y|N|?]?
>
>
> When I set the proxy from the shell environment reportbug
> at least can access the package database, but still fails
> to access the bug tracker:
>
> $ http_proxy=http://http-proxy.ibr.ch:8080/ reportbug
> Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a problem, or type
> 'other' to report a more general problem.
>> binutils
> [..]
> Using 'Uwe Storbeck <uwe at ibr.ch>' as your from address.
> Getting status for binutils...
> Checking for newer versions at madison...
>
> Your version (2.22-6.1) of binutils appears to be out of date.
> The following newer release(s) are available in the Debian archive:
>   experimental: 2.22.90.20120731-1
>   unstable: 2.22-7.1
> Do you still want to file a report [y|N|q|?]? y
> Querying Debian BTS for reports on binutils (source)...
> Unable to connect to Debian BTS; continue [y|N|?]?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Uwe
>



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