From: "naruse (Yui NARUSE)" Date: 2012-06-07T03:51:06+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:45446] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6546][Feedback] Net::HTTP to check for HTTP_PROXY environment setting. Issue #6546 has been updated by naruse (Yui NARUSE). Status changed from Open to Feedback I agree the concept, a patch is welcome. ---------------------------------------- Feature #6546: Net::HTTP to check for HTTP_PROXY environment setting. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6546#change-27040 Author: dekz (Jacob Evans) Status: Feedback Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: @nahi suggested I request the OS environment HTTP_PROXY be honoured. Open-uri checks for this environment setting and acts according whereas Net::HTTP does not. Not having Net::HTTP check for this condition sets precedence and stops the implementation of other environment settings (such as JRuby and JVM -Dhttp.proxyHost). Having this functionality will greatly enable testing with proxies rather then monkey patching or rewriting to always use HTTP.Proxy. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/