Auto proxy config can't work for non-browser apps, because the autoproxy script is a Javascript file (see my comments on Bug 22705). However, this should be noted somewhere.
Or perhaps we can move installation of updates into the browser, like Microsoft does. :-p Jens -- Proxy settings does not seem to affect synaptic https://launchpad.net/bugs/68573 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs