Do you use sudo? sudo discards all set environment variables as Defaults env_reset is set in /etc/sudoers.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- apt is not honoring http_proxy environment variable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs