[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #54334] GUI Network Preferences don't appear to do anything

[Rik]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54334>

                 Summary: GUI Network Preferences don't appear to do anything
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Wed 18 Jul 2018 09:41:51 AM PDT
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.0
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

I have a local proxy which I can use at 127.0.0.1 and port 5000.  However, if
I use the GUI's Edit/Preferences menu and then set the Network Preferences to
use an HttpProxy of 127.0.0.1, port 5001 everything still works.  I test by
using News/Community News.

On the other hand, if I set an https proxy directly by using


setenv ('https_proxy', '127.0.0.1:5001')


then the Community News fails to load.

Incidentally, because Community News seems to be cached, you need to quit
Octave between any changes to these network variables.

Is it possible that the GUI is setting an HTTP proxy when it needs to be
setting an HTTPS proxy?  Or are the Network Preferences simply not used at
all?







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