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Expose http_proxy setting on GuixSD

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25831: closed (Expose http_proxy setting on GuixSD)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:27:01 +0000

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Cc: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
Subject: Expose http_proxy setting on GuixSD
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:19:12 -0500

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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 09:43:35 +0000
From: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: help-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proxy documentation is not clear

On 17-02-20 22:32:40, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 05:06:23PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
> > Substitutes are downloaded over HTTP or HTTPS. The http_proxy
> > environment variable can be set in the environment of guix-daemon and
> > is honored for downloads of substitutes. Note that the value of
> > http_proxy in the environment where guix build, guix package, and
> > other client commands are run has absolutely no effect. 
> > 
> > None of these pages provides any example or further explanation on how
> > this could be achieved, for example to make Guix use a socks5 proxy
> > systemwide. I know how this can be achieved with iptables etc, but it
> > would be better if the documentation is fixed. I have no idea how in
> > this case as the documentation is not clear.
> 
> It depends on how you start the daemon. For systemd, you can set the
> environment variable from the service file. I'm not sure how to pass
> this variable to the daemon on GuixSD.

Exactly, for systemd I would have been able to find it out, but I wonder
how to achieve this in GuixSD. 

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ng0 <contact.ng0 <at> cryptolab.net>, 25831-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25831: Expose http_proxy setting on GuixSD
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:26:31 -0500

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 09:15:12PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:
> > +                (list (string-append "PATH=" #$lsof "/bin")
> > +                      #$@(if http-proxy
> > +                           (list (string-append "http_proxy=" http-proxy))
> > +                           '()))
>                             ^^
>                             missin two spaces in THEN and ELSE part ;)

I'm still learning what looks right :)

> Otherwise, LGTM.

Thanks for your advice and review!

I pushed the change as 93d32da9f8bba815b1effe6358904b5e1f9c73ff.

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