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[Chicken-users] Chicken-install and http_proxy
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Stephen Eilert |
Subject: |
[Chicken-users] Chicken-install and http_proxy |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:53:57 -0300 |
Hi guys,
It is standard for Linux to configure HTTP proxies using the http_proxy
environment variable, as I had to discover painfully at work. Graphical tools
(like Gnome's proxy settings) will even set it automatically.
The -proxy option in chicken-install is handy. However, by recognizing the env
variable, chicken-install is able to use the system proxy automatically.
So, attached is a proposed patch. Some possible improvements:
* Add support for proxy authentication. The proxy at work actually requires
this, but I have setup a local proxy to forward the requests, so that apps that
don't support it will work. Or, at least, it should complain if a
username/password combination is detected (like
http://user:address@hidden:port").
Comments?
-- Stephen
Sent from my Emacs
0001-Added-code-to-recognize-the-http_proxy-environment-v.patch
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