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[MrCopilot <795519@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 861443 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861443

Disappointed....

New Updates still do not allow for setting ignore_hosts, which in almost
all cases where a proxy is needed there is an intranet that is not sent
through the proxy.

I love automatic security updates, an essential part of the Ubuntu
experience.

I do not love nor am I enchanted by having the aforementioned automatic
security update remove access to the corporate intranet that was working
fine before I consented to install updates.

Removal of the old version left its settings around, and when compared
to new set, they were better organized and more complete.

I've added ignore_hosts setting to the new set in hopes that its
implemented but not in the gui yet. I'll find out on the next reboot I
suppose, Else I am confined to Firefox for the intranet as it allows
manual proxy setup with exclusions.

This replacement was shortsighted and not at all customer focused. So
here is a tip for you, free of charge.

If a large group of your users depend on standard ways of doing things,
PROXY SETTINGS for instance, DO NOT REPLACE THAT FUNCTIONALITY with LESS
FUNCTION.

One would think this is self evident, I guess not.

This bug is from early September, Almost November now and it is almost
finished, but pushed out on my machine anyway.

Just Wow.



** Attachment added: "gconf-editor_OLDPROXY_SETTINGS.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/795519/+attachment/2575350/+files/gconf-editor_OLDPROXY_SETTINGS.png

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Title:
  Add back system-wide network proxy settings

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-control-center” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

  Using Oneiric alpha1 and gnome-control-center 1:3.0.2-1ubuntu4.
  In the control center I click on the Network button and I configure the network proxy settings there. I set it to Manual proxy.
  It had no effect on apt-get, update manager and Chromium. None of them is able to connect to the internet.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.0.2-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Jun 10 15:32:56 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110531.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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