I had a look at the code and it seems that the problem is located here:
50_ubuntu_systemwide_prefs.patch:29
that is to say:
+ /* FIXME: add proxy auth support when a "secure" store for the proxy
+ password is available */
+ proxy_str = g_strdup_printf("%s://%s:%i/", proxy_type, host, port);
+ g_print("p: %s\n", proxy_str);
So, here the string does not include auth information (it is explained
in the FIXME).
Regarding gnome-terminal, if the http_proxy environment variable is
already defined then it does not attempt to retrieve the proxy
information from gconf and define http_proxy variable.
See src/terminal-screen.c:1422
/* Do we already have a proxy setting? */
if (g_hash_table_lookup (env_table, "http_proxy") != NULL)
use_proxy = FALSE;
If I comment these two lines, then my http_proxy variable is defined
properly in gnome-terminal (with auth information).
Basically, there are two solutions:
1) The ideal solution would be to add auth support to
50_ubuntu_systemwide_prefs.patch. I don't know if it is possible because
apparently a secure store is missing
2) In 50_ubuntu_systemwide_prefs.patch do not attempt to define the http_proxy
variable whenever authentication is enabled. At least, applications such as
gnome-terminal will define the http_proxy variable correctly (provided that it
is not already defined). For other applications, the proxy string without auth
information would not work anyway when authentication is required.
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gnome-network-properties sets $http_proxy incorrectly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494373
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