On , Eric Noulard <address@hidden> wrote: > 2011/7/19 address@hidden>: > > > Ok, unsetting http_proxy works! billards is now running on my ubuntu > > > machine. > > > > > > Thanks for the info! > > > > > > I am not sure I understand this, however, should I be setting > > > CERTI_HTTP_PROXY to the same as http_proxy? > > > > Nope. > > > > > or do I have to unset http_proxy each time I run a federate. > > > > You have to unset proxy settings for CERTI unless the rtig you use needs > > to be reached by a proxy. > > > > When a federate starts it needs to contact an RTIG. > > It tries to contact an rtig on the host specified in CERTI_HOST env var. > > > > With CERTI the federate's and the rtig may be run on different hosts, > > which is what you want with a distributed simulation runtime :-] > > > > This works for heterogeneous hosts as well (rtig on Linux, federate on Windows > > or any other kind of combination). > > > > > What is the "correct" way to deal with proxy > > > settings/environment variables? > > > > http_proxy/HTTP_PROXY is a de-facto standard used to specify a proxy > > to networked-applications > > many applications (wget, curl, etc...) do consult those vars in order > > to check whether if a > > proxy should be used or not. > > > > CERTI_HTTP_PROXY is a CERTI specific variable. > > > > CERTI consults CERTI_HTTP_PROXY value and if CERTI_HTTP_PROXY is not defined > > it tries the usual "http_proxy/HTTP_PROXY". > > > > > something like > > > > > > export CERTI_HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy > > > > this is un-necessary CERTI will consult CERTI_HTTP_PROXY and then http_proxy. > > > > export CERTI_HTTP_PROXY="" > > > > enables you to make CERTI avoid to use the proxy setting > > while keeping the "http_proxy" setting for other applications. > > > > The set of environment variables used by CERTI (rtig, rtia and > > federate apps) are described here: > > http://www.nongnu.org/certi/certi_doc/User/html/execute.html > > > > -- > > Erk > > Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - > > http://www.april.org > > > > -- > > CERTI-Devel mailing list > > address@hidden > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/certi-devel >