[Bug 983559] Re: package-data-downloader utility does not honor apt http proxy settings

[Adrianna Pińska]

For the record, I don't get a "connection timed out" or any other kind
of error message -- if I interrupt the downloader with ctrl-c I get this
traceback:

$ sudo -i /usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader
flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.235.orig.tar.gz
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 296, in <module>
    process_download_requests()
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
    dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
    return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 267, in retrieve
    block = fp.read(bs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 380, in read
    data = self._sock.recv(left)
KeyboardInterrupt

Sometimes the traceback only goes as far as 'block = fp.read(bs)'.

Before I interrupt the downloader, I can observe the temporary
downloaded file growing in /tmp/ until it reaches the full expected
size.  Then nothing happens.  The downloader doesn't appear to detect
that the download was successful.  I'm assuming that this is some kind
of problem in urllib.

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Title:
  package-data-downloader utility does not honor apt http proxy settings

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I'm running 12.04 in an intranet where a proxy is required to get out.
  I set up apt-get with a proxy:

  $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99proxy 
  Acquire::http::proxy "http://proxy:8080/";

  But running this fails:

  $ apt-get install flashplugin-installer
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Suggested packages:
    ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-xfree86-nonfree
    xfs
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    flashplugin-installer
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  Need to get 8,292 B of archives.
  After this operation, 146 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse flashplugin-installer amd64 11.2.202.233ubuntu1 [8,292 B]
  Fetched 8,292 B in 0s (15.2 kB/s)                
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  Selecting previously unselected package flashplugin-installer.
  (Reading database ... 255509 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking flashplugin-installer (from .../flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.233ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
  Processing triggers for update-notifier-common ...
  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.228.orig.tar.gz
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
      dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
      return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 239, in retrieve
      fp = self.open(url, data)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 207, in open
      return getattr(self, name)(url)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 344, in open_http
      h.endheaders(data)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 954, in endheaders
      self._send_output(message_body)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 814, in _send_output
      self.send(msg)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 776, in send
      self.connect()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 757, in connect
      self.timeout, self.source_address)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection
      raise err
  IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno 110] Connection timed out
  Setting up flashplugin-installer (11.2.202.233ubuntu1) ...

  
  I never put http_proxy in my environment.  So apt-get was able to download the .deb but not get the additional binary.  Since this process runs inside the context of apt-get, it seems it should pick up the proxy setting.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.233ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr 16 17:33:46 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111103)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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