Bug 1379619 – [rfe]inform which proxy is used when the http_proxy environment variable is defined and proxy is configured in tool config

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Bug 1379619 - [rfe]inform which proxy is used when the http_proxy environment variable is defined and proxy is configured in tool config [NEEDINFO]

Summary:	[rfe]inform which proxy is used when the http_proxy environment variable is d...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	redhat-support-tool (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.5
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Vikas Rathee
QA Contact:	Miroslav Hradílek
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Keywords:	FutureFeature

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Blocks:	1420851 1464262
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Reported:	2016-09-27 04:46 EDT by Stefan Nemeth
Modified:	2018-04-10 14:45 EDT (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	redhat-support-tool-0.9.10-1.el7
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Last Closed:	2018-04-10 14:44:54 EDT
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Flags:	vrathee: needinfo? (snemeth)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2018:1002	None	None	None	2018-04-10 14:45 EDT

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Description Stefan Nemeth 2016-09-27 04:46:54 EDT

Description of problem:

If the http_proxy environment variable is defined in system, redhat-support-tool will ignore proxy setting in /etc/redhat-support-tool.conf

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-support-tool-0.9.7-6.el7.noarch

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. define proxy as environmental variable
2. define different proxy in /etc/redhat-support-tool.conf
3.

Actual results:
proxy from global variable is taken with no info which proxy is used

Expected results:
warning message about used proxy

Additional info:

Comment 6 Vikas Rathee 2017-09-29 05:22:55 EDT

Hi Stefan,

How about always showing an Info message whenever http_proxy environment variable is set and being used by redhat-support-tool instead of just showing it when proxy_url is also set in redhat-support-tool.conf . 

IMHO its a better user experience rather than just showing it when http_proxy overrides proxy_url defined in configuration file.

The message might look like :

Info : Using proxy_url as defined in http_proxy environment variable: http://PROXY_SERVER:PORT


Please let me know your thoughts on the same.

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 14:44:54 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:1002

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