[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #52369] proxy settings do not work at Windows 10

[Elvira D. Antal]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52369>

                 Summary: proxy settings do not work at Windows 10
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: antale
            Submitted on: Wed 08 Nov 2017 03:53:22 PM UTC
                Category: Configuration and Build System
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: antale
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I am using Octave 4.2.1 configured for "x86_64-w64-mingw32" at Windows 10, and
behind a proxy server. I cannot connect the package manager nor Octave
Community News, however I set the proxy server (hostname URL) and port as my
system administrator suggested. I have set these settings in the GUI at
Edit/Preferences/Network, and also tried from the Octave command line with

putenv ('http_proxy', '123.12.123.1');
putenv('http_port', '8080');

and 

putenv ('http_proxy', 'http://something.myinstitute.org:8080');

as suggested at
 http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Connecting-to-internet-td4659960.html
and
 
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/problem-with-curl-installation-td4656082.html#a4656246

I still get
"error: get_forge_pkg: could not read URL, please verify internet connection
error: called from
    get_forge_pkg at line 66 column 7
    get_forge_download at line 26 column 12
    pkg at line 382 column 29"
for 

pkg install -forge symbolic

for example.

(I hope I post this in the right category, this is my first bug report at this
site.)




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