Not sure that's a bug. In hardy, "man sudo" said nothong about the fact that sudo keeps http_proxy environment variable.
My workaround is the alias alias sudop='sudo http_proxy=$http_proxy' with simple quotes! -- sudo does not keep http_proxy environment variable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556293 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