#9757 NORM 8.2.2: olpc-update-query: allow better control of server list

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#9757: olpc-update-query: allow better control of server list
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           Reporter:  martin.langhoff  |       Owner:  martin.langhoff
               Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  closed         
           Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  8.2.2          
          Component:  security         |     Version:  not specified  
         Resolution:  fixed            |    Keywords:                 
        Next_action:  never set        |    Verified:  0              
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Comment(by mikus):

 Replying to [comment:4 Quozl]:

 > ''olpc-update'' may function through a proxy since all it does is
 originate TCP/IP connections to port 873 on a well known host.

 You did not catch  the nature of my difficulty -- it is that I operate my
 system in *two* environments -- one which has a proxy, and one which
 doesn't.

 Opera, for example, is "user-friendly".  I define in its properties that
 it is supposed to use a proxy.  So at home it tries my proxy, finds it --
 and all is well.  But not at  home, it tries my proxy, does not find it,
 so instead it tries connecting *without* a proxy -- and all is well.

 For most other services (including, I believe, olpc-update) -- if I set
 them up to use a proxy, they will only work *with* a proxy, and will fail
 if now operated in an environment without a proxy.  That is what I meant
 by not wanting to "patch my kernel" both when leaving home (to take out
 proxy information) and again when coming back (to put in proxy
 information).
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 By the way, in order to be able to use the command-line ''olpc-update''
 for over-the-network updating of builds on 8.x and earlier, I needed to
 specify RSYNC_PROXY.  The catch there was that I also do a lot of between-
 XOs file transfers using rsync.  With RSYNC_PROXY defined, such transfers
 went through a double hop (XO-PROXY-XO) instead of directly !!

 And of course, while it is easy to specify RSYNC_PROXY via the command
 line just before I use ''olpc-update'' via the command line, to pass the
 existence of a proxy to the ''software update'' that is provided in 'My
 Settings', I have to go in and change "internal" system configuration
 values.

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