[gentoo-dev] HTTP_PROXY var in make.conf has issues

[gentoo-dev] HTTP_PROXY var in make.conf has issues

[Ben Lutgens]

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All, the HTTP_PROXY variable we have in make.conf and friends isn't
recognized by wget. Setting as HTTP_PROXY is completely ignored by wget and
the other fetchcommands ( prozilla and lukemftp are essentially ftp
applications and they don't tend to like proxies anyway ). I see very
little reason to leave the variable as HTTP_PROXY when it should be defined
like so 
http_proxy="proxy.domain.tld:3128" 

A band-aid would be to set the following in either make.conf, make.globals
or the like
http_proxy="${HTTP_PROXY}" or have portage interpret HTTP_PROXY and pass it
to the environment in both ways (which seems really dumb to me)

This is probably also a good FAQ question. I'll post to the forums about it
as well.
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