desktop-packages team mailing list archive

[Josep Pujadas-Jubany <1037662@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader from update-notifier
uses python urllib

It seems to be problems when using proxies. In addition, urllib doesn't
supports https protocol.

https://docs.python.org/2/library/urllib.html#urllib-restrictions

Using a http proxy, adobe-flashplugin updates will work but not allways:

urllib.urlretrieve("http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-
flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.425.orig.tar.gz", "adobe-
flashplugin.tar.gz")

Using a https proxy, pepflashpluguin updates will never work:

urllib.urlretrieve("https://dl-
ssl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-
chrome-stable_39.0.2171.95-1_i386.deb", "google-chrome.deb")

So, scripts must be something like:

export http_proxy=http://192.168.0.1:3128
export https_proxy=https://192.168.0.1:3128
apt-get install -y flashplugin-installer
apt-get install -y pepflashplugin-installer
echo "" >> /etc/chromium-browser/default
echo ". /usr/lib/pepflashplugin-installer/pepflashplayer.sh" >> /etc/chromium-browser/default
echo "" >> /etc/chromium-browser/default
unset http_proxy
unset https_proxy
apt-get --reinstall install -y flashplugin-installer
apt-get --reinstall install -y pepflashplugin-installer

Of course, if yo do this, your corporative firewall/proxy must allow
direct connections to archive.canonical.com (http) and dl-ssl.google.com
(https).

In my opinion, update-notifier (and other applications using urllib)
should avoid python urllib

There are many bugs related (in fact, they are duplicated):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/anacron/+bug/1209146
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1098233
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1037662
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1005837
https://bugs.launchpad.net/zc.buildout/+bug/484735

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037662

Title:
  flashplugin-installer does not honor proxy settings

Status in flashplugin-nonfree package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
  Release:	12.10

  flashplugin-installer:
    Installato: 11.2.202.238ubuntu1
    Candidato:  11.2.202.238ubuntu1
    Tabella versione:
   *** 11.2.202.238ubuntu1 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  i'm behind a corporate  proxy i can download with wget, curl and other
  stuffs but the plugin flashplugin-nonfree do not traverse my proxy...
  gui install mode and also this using terminal commands:

  sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

  nor with

  sudo -E apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

  my env:  "env | grep -i proxy"

  http_proxy=http://192.168.100.59:3128/
  ftp_proxy=ftp://192.168.100.59:3128/
  socks_proxy=socks://192.168.100.59:3128/
  UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=
  https_proxy=https://192.168.100.59:3128/

  Also i have the proxy values correctly set into /etc/apt/apt.conf to
  traverse the proxy for the debs...

  also set into /etc/sudoers
  Defaults        env_reset
  Defaults        env_keep="http_proxy https_proxy"

  
  Available workaround:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1098233

  Thanks.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.238ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Aug 16 18:16:30 2012
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=it:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-02 (45 days ago)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1037662/+subscriptions