Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (422 mails)

[Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/1/21 z <zoomer.gm@xxxxxxxxx>:

> OK, i don't aknowledged with curl\libcurl (which libzypp uses?)
> Is there a way to force all curl calls from libzypp to use only
> ~/.curlrc settings? (which yast can control)

That's what I think will happen if http_proxy etc are always
nullified, when yast uses libzyp & libcurl.
forked children meant future ones forked after the change.

2009/1/21 Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 2009/1/21 Dave Plater <dave.plater@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Does this mean it is possible to disable proxy use by libzypp without
> > relogin?
>
> environ(7) explains editing the environment of current process, which
> affects forked children.  But that does not affect parent processes,
> it's  a local not global change.  So in general no.
>
> For curl usage by YaST, always nullify http_proxy and only use
> ~root/.curlrc, or manage it's own setting somewhere to overwrite the
> _proxy variables, might be a solution.
>
> From curl(1)
>
>  -x/--proxy <proxyhost[:port]>
>  Use specified HTTP proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is
> assumed at port 1080.
>  This option overrides existing environment variables that sets proxy
> to use. If there's an environment variable setting a proxy, you can
> set proxy to "" to override it.
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