Also,
if possible add the code as a patch to the bugzilla report.

Peter

On 3/26/07, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kappen, Thomas, TECON Terenci wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> the attached patch passes proxy settings to the javadoc commandline tool, which 
will be called from the <javadoc> ant task.
>
> Proxy settings are necessary if external javadoc resources should be linked 
with the generated javadoc, and the host resides behind a firewall.
>
> The proxy settings from the system properties must be explicitly passed to 
the javadoc commandline tool, since the tool cannot be run inside the same jvm as 
ant, and therefore a new jvm will be created for javadoc (refer to: 
http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html)
>

1. yes, it would be good. I work behind a proxy and feel your pain

> This issue is also discussed in bug# 29870, but only workarounds are proposed.
>
> Hi hope this patch will be merged into the Ant source tree.


Looking at, it could be a start for a more generic bit of code to
propagate proxy settings to either Java or Executable
instances...something that passes down the non-null settings with a
custom prefix for the specific app, here -J-D,

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