[pca] wget stalls

Glenn Satchell Glenn.Satchell at uniq.com.au
Tue Jun 9 18:10:14 CEST 2009


>From: Paul A Zakas <Paul.Zakas at abbott.com>
>Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:34:37 -0500
>
>> Hmm, I just did some testing myself, and it seems as if wget doesn't use 
>
>> the http_proxy setting when accessing https:// URLs. Can you try to set 
>> https_proxy in wgetrc as well? I didn't know that this options even 
>exists.
>
>You're right, https_proxy did the trick. Seems like http_proxy had no 
>effect. Thanks again for all your help, I've learned something today!
>
>-Paul

http_proxy only directs http:// urls to the proxy. https_proxy does the
same for https:// urls. Hidden in the dark depths of the wget
documentation, but not mentioned in the wgetrc comments!

I had to make the same change a little while ago when the pca default
changed to https://

regards,
-glenn




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