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apport package

ubuntu-bug does not respect http_proxy

Bug #619610 reported by Tim Potter
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apport (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

I was trying to report a bug from behind a firewall but with no luck. The ubuntu-bug script does not respect the http_proxy environment variable nor the system-wide proxy settings.

I ended up using tsocks.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: apport 1.14.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-15.21-generic 2.6.35.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportLog:

Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 18 13:06:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100803.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport

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Tim Potter (tpot) wrote :
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Francis De Brabandere (francisdb) wrote :

Same problem here with Natty Narwhal (11.04) beta

apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu1

Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 05:17:09 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) wrote :

On Ubuntu Oneiric to send a crash report (i am behind firewall and i must use ntlm proxy) i do this workaround to send crash:
export https_proxy=$http_proxy
cd /var/crash
sudo -E sudo -E apport-cli -c ...some_crash_report.crash

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Marcello Romani (marcello-romani) wrote :

apport-bug uses https, so you just have to

export https_proxy=....

instead of

export http_proxy=....

I initially thought this was a bug too, but I think it isn't. I simply had to set the correct environment variable.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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John Loran (loran123) wrote :

Affects Precise too

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Ben (bhubu) wrote :

apport-collect does not work on 12.10, when proxy must be used and is configured through system settings

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Syed Salman Mansoor (syed-salman-mansoor) wrote :

I am also having same problem in 12.04
I am behind squid and set https_proxy

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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