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[Duli]

Originally Posted by bmvbab

Hi Sorry for the delay, http_proxy is the env variable to look for. If some one is using proxy then they should have exported http_proxy with something like http://www.proxy.com:8080
So for rpms u should be using --httphost=www.proxy.com --httpport=8080
If http_proxy is not set then we cannot do anything....

Hum, ok, and what about wget? Does it use that variable also?

Thanks
duli

[bmvbab]

wget makes use of http_proxy. If that value is exported it is utilized and if not it assumes its a direct connection, wget also has an option --no-proxy which makes it not use proxy even if http_proxy is exported.

[leadgolem]

Me thinks the subshell may be dropping the variable.

[bmvbab]

Originally Posted by leadgolem

Me thinks the subshell may be dropping the variable.

Any pointers on how to get the values across to the new shell from the env variables?

[leadgolem]

Something like this in the initial script might do it.

export http_proxy="$http_proxy"

Though I find it odd this variable is in lowercase letters...

EDIT: This also assumes that the "http_proxy" variable is accessible in the initial script. If it is not, then you would want to use something more like this.

export http_proxy="http://www.proxy.com:8080"

Though that won't help anyone else using a proxy server.

[bmvbab]

Originally Posted by leadgolem

Something like this in the initial script might do it.

export http_proxy="$http_proxy"

Though I find it odd this variable is in lowercase letters...

EDIT: This also assumes that the "http_proxy" variable is accessible in the initial script. If it is not, then you would want to use something more like this.

export http_proxy="http://www.proxy.com:8080"

Though that won't help anyone else using a proxy server.

Exactly, so lets see what Duli comes out with so that its usable by all...

[leadgolem]

I just had a better idea, write a short if/then to see if the variable exists. If it does run the rpm command with the appropriate options. You should be able to use the variable it's self to configure the rpm command. That is, if the variable is showing up in the subshell at all.

[bmvbab]

Originally Posted by leadgolem

I just had a better idea, write a short if/then to see if the variable exists. If it does run the rpm command with the appropriate options. You should be able to use the variable it's self to configure the rpm command. That is, if the variable is showing up in the subshell at all.

The problem is with the env variable not showing up at all in the new shell.
It does show up when I start a new bash session from inside another by running bash at the CLI. But why does the same not happen in this script?

A friend mentioned that if we use #!/bin/bash it would drop env variables in the new shell. Does that ring any bells? Looks like we would need a wrapper or some config file...I would not like to have one more config file

[leadgolem]

could be, #!/bin/sh does behave slightly differently from #!/bin/bash. Let me do a bit of testing...

[leadgolem]

Nope, the behavior doesn't seem to be any different in regards to subshell/session variables...

[leadgolem]

I think I have it. I think this script is being run in a normal shell instead of a login shell. That means that it is not loading .bashrc or .bash_profile files from either your user, or root. Hence, as far as it is concerned no http_proxy variable was ever defined for use at all. At the moment, I'm not sure what to do about this though.

That would also explain why running it manually from a terminal works, but running the rpm version doesn't. I think consolehelper is what is giving you a normal shell instead of a login shell. When you run the scripts from a login shell your .bashrc and .bash_profile files are loaded, so the http_proxy variable is defined.

EDIT: Yep, just confirmed that consolehelper does precisely this.

[Duli]

bmvbab and leadgolem: Ok, so I think you guys just narrowed the issue. I´ll do some tests with all the provided information and certainly come out with a solution.

[multescugeorge@]

EasyLife gets my stamp of approval: (^_^)

[karlpiuemeno]

wow, very good project!

My website helps fedora users in installing this extras... but your solution is VERY good... so I wanna do an Italian translation...

can you give me the necessary language files?

[Duli]

Originally Posted by karlpiuemeno

wow, very good project!

My website helps fedora users in installing this extras... but your solution is VERY good... so I wanna do an Italian translation...

can you give me the necessary language files?

Sure, here is the link to the english file.

Hey, thanks a lot for your efforts!

Duli