Subject: bug#20402: guix cannot download via an http proxy

From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:26:38 -0400

Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) <[email-masked]> writes:

> Would support for $ftp_proxy as well require the implementation of new
> functionality, or would it be a case of just letting the environment
> variable through?

It would require new functionality.  Our FTP client would have to be
enhanced to support proxies.

      Mark