[Bug 1656352] [NEW] apt does not honor Proxy-Auto-Detect for HTTPS URLs

[MelkorLord]

Public bug reported:

apt(-get) does not honor Proxy-Auto-Detect configuration in any way for
HTTPS URLs.

ex: vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-proxy-auto-detect

Acquire::http:Proxy-Auto-Detect "/path/to/app";

"app" performs some actions and output the name of the proxy server
according to some internal rules, in the form
"http://proxy.domain.tld:1234/"

This works perfectly for all HTTP-like "deb http://example.com/ xxx"
URLs but is ignored for HTTPS URLs. Setting "Acquire::https:Proxy-Auto-
Detect" or even the legacy variable name "ProxyAutoDetect" (without
dashes) does not help either.

This is very annoying as the very purpose of this auto-detection is to
be network environment aware instead of using a hardcoded value for the
proxy setting.

This should be fixed. Thank you.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  apt(-get) does not honor Proxy-Auto-Detect configuration in any way for
  HTTPS URLs.
  
  ex: vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-proxy-auto-detect
  
  Acquire::http:Proxy-Auto-Detect "/path/to/app";
  
  "app" performs some actions and output the name of the proxy server
  according to some internal rules, in the form
  "http://proxy.domain.tld:1234/"
  
  This works perfectly for all HTTP-like "deb http://example.com/ xxx"
  URLs but is ignored for HTTPS URLs. Setting "Acquire::https:Proxy-Auto-
  Detect" or even the legacy variable name "ProxyAutoDetect" (without
- dashes) does help either.
+ dashes) does not help either.
  
  This is very annoying as the very purpose of this auto-detection is to
  be network environment aware instead of using a hardcoded value for the
  proxy setting.
  
  This should be fixed. Thank you.

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Title:
  apt does not honor Proxy-Auto-Detect for HTTPS URLs

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  apt(-get) does not honor Proxy-Auto-Detect configuration in any way
  for HTTPS URLs.

  ex: vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-proxy-auto-detect

  Acquire::http:Proxy-Auto-Detect "/path/to/app";

  "app" performs some actions and output the name of the proxy server
  according to some internal rules, in the form
  "http://proxy.domain.tld:1234/"

  This works perfectly for all HTTP-like "deb http://example.com/ xxx"
  URLs but is ignored for HTTPS URLs. Setting "Acquire::https:Proxy-
  Auto-Detect" or even the legacy variable name "ProxyAutoDetect"
  (without dashes) does not help either.

  This is very annoying as the very purpose of this auto-detection is to
  be network environment aware instead of using a hardcoded value for
  the proxy setting.

  This should be fixed. Thank you.

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