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Binary package hint: synaptic

I installed Intrepid on one of my lab machines today.  It needs to use a
proxy server to get updates.

What I did was:
Go to Synaptic, Settings->Preferences->Network

I then entered my proxy server information there.  Things seemed to work
since I could then refresh packages, so I closed it.


The update manager then told me I had updates to install, so I clicked on the update manager.  The update manager, however, doesn't use Synaptic's proxy configuration settings -- it uses its own.  So, everything failed, and in order to fix it I had to go to the Gnome Network Proxy preferences and configure one there globally (then click "apply system-wide")


This is all less than ideal.  

I can't think of a use case where a user would want to have different
proxy configuration for Synaptic and update manager (or command-line
apt-get, for that matter).  So, they should use the same setting, in a
standard way.  It would be nice if Synaptic made it obvious if it was
using a system-wide setting that Gnome set as well - something like a
checkbox or radio button for "use system-wide proxy settings".

** Affects: null
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: synaptic
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: apt proxy synaptic update-manager wget
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Synaptic, update-manager, apt-get and wget  should share proxy settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283500
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