Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (58 mails)

[Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

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Katarina Machalkova wrote:
> Hi, zypp hackers :)
>
> When it comes to $http_proxy * & friends handling, libzypp uses a mix of two 
> or even three approaches: 
>
> * it honors $http_proxy from the environment, probably because libcurl does 
> so 
> and libzypp explicitely does not unset this variable
> * in addition to that, it reads /root/.curlrc and gets proxy URL (optionally 
> also user/passwd) from there

Correction: zypp only uses $HOME/.curlrc to get the proxy user/passwd -
this is used only in case the proxy needs authentication.

> * last, but not least, proxy can be provided as a part of repository URL
>
> I'm wondering what is the incentive behind combining all these three 
> approaches, instead of e.g. reading only $http_proxy (curl can already accept 
> URL in the form of http://user:pass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so we don't necessarily 
> need .curlrc for reading this data - is .curlrc used because we can't 
> effectively setenv. during installation?).
>   
> Or alternatively, libzypp could read only .curlrc, as it contains all the 
> necessary information and ignore $http_proxy completely. Reading recent user 
> complaints on Factory, it would be much more comfortable for those using GUI 
> package managers, as they wouldn't have to re-login in order to apply their 
> proxy setting
>
> Proxy as a part of repository URL is a cherry on top of the cake, but I doubt 
> many users know about this option and make real use of it. 
>
> B.
>
> *) and other *TP proxies, I'm referencing http only because of simplicity


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jano


 Ján Kupec
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