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[Josep Pujadas-Jubany <1098233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1037662 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037662

/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

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Title:
  flashplugin-installer do not honore proxy settings

Status in Adobe Flash Plugin Tools:
  New
Status in The Update Notifier:
  New
Status in flashplugin-nonfree package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
  Release:	12.10
  Codename:	quantal

  flashplugin-installer:
    Installato: 11.2.202.258ubuntu0.12.10.1
    Candidato:  11.2.202.261ubuntu0.12.10.1
    Tabella versione:
       11.2.202.261ubuntu0.12.10.1 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
   *** 11.2.202.258ubuntu0.12.10.1 0
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       11.2.202.243ubuntu1 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/multiverse i386 Packages

  flashplugin-installer do not honore proxy settings so cannot download
  the proxy so my update are frozen on

  Elaborazione dei trigger per update-notifier-common...
  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz

  already reported:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1037662

  Very old issue still not solved... :-(

  #---------------- Workaround for user with same issue ----------------

  As a workaround... while the apt-get update process is frozen on the
  row below

  Elaborazione dei trigger per update-notifier-common...
  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz

  Opening another terminal...
  wget http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz
  sudo /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/install_plugin $(pwd)/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz
  rm adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.261.orig.tar.gz

  then to release the frozen update process, type:

  sudo killall dpkg

  or reboot the pc, then type:

  sudo dpkg --configure -a

  to check and put in a good state the apt env...

  # --------------------------------------------------------------

  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.258ubuntu0.12.10.1
  Uname: Linux 3.7.1-030701-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jan 10 15:39:05 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-02 (192 days ago)

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