Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 237104
gnome-dictionary cannot cope with proxy
Last modified: 2009-07-14 13:17:54 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #191152 +++ Description of problem: gnome-dictionary does not work when there is a network proxy. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.14.0-4.fc5.1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect to the internet via a proxy 2. set environment variables (http_proxy) AND set proxy using "gnome-network-preferences" 3. Try a search using gnome-dictionary Actual results: Error dialog with the following: Error while retrieving the definition Lookup failed for host 'dict.org': Unknown error Expected results: Proxy settings are respected and results are returned. Additional info: It seems that the bug has been known upstream for quite a while (since 2002): http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77734
I could reproduce this on current Rawhide (around F7 test4).
*** Bug 237103 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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This bug has been in NEEDINFO for more than 30 days since feedback was first requested. As a result we are closing it. If you can reproduce this bug in the future against a maintained Fedora version please feel free to reopen it against that version. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp
This bug is still present in current (pre-)F9 with gnome-utils-2.20.0.1-5.fc9.
NB: The nameservers concerned don't resolve external DNS names -- gnome-dictionary should rely on mechanisms that use the proxy if one is specified and shouldn't expect to be able to resolve hostnames directly.
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
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Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.