[Gutsy] Proxy not working with ltsp-build-client

I'm wondering if this should be a default action, or if we should have a switch to enable this.

Scott

vagrant will want a switch :)

from my POV it could be a default.

Solution using gutsy's proxy-guess:

Add the following lines to section after-install into /usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Debian/020-apt-get-update:

if [ -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess ] ; then
  cp /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess $ROOT/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess
fi

In addition to the above item, I changed two things:

My change in 020-apt-get-update was:
        if [ -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess ] ; then
          cp /etc/apt/apt.conf $ROOT/etc/apt/apt.conf
          cp /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess $ROOT/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess
        fi

and the environment aviable http_proxy proxy had to be set:
        export http_proxy=http://172.20.1.10/

and third:

 in /usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Ubuntu/000-basic-configuration
 I had to change human-cursors-theme into human-theme

neither human-themes nor human-cursor-themes should be in there ...
whats the version of ltsp-server you have installed (seems your plugin set is very outdated)

i think it would be risky to copy all apt configuration files into the chroot environment. some programs drop files into /etc/apt/apt.conf.d that may behave undesireably if not installed in the chroot.

there are so many possible settings in /etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/* ... there's a moderate possibility you might pull something undesired into the chroot environment.

for grabbing the proxy setting, we could do something like:

  http_proxy=$(apt-config dump | egrep Acquire::http::Proxy | sed -e 's,^Acquire::http::Proxy ",,g' | tr '";' ' ')

and if http_proxy is set, dump it into the chroot's /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy-guess-ltsp near the end of the install.

something like that, more or less...

live well,
  vagrant

This bug was fixed in the package ltsp - 5.0.40~bzr20080212-0ubuntu1

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ltsp (5.0.40~bzr20080212-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * new upstream version with fixes for the following bugs:
   LP: #149006 (default to 24bit colordepth)
   LP: #190419 (move .nbi image out of the way before regeneration)
   LP: #113709 (security server sources.list entry handling)
   LP: #135419 (chroot upgrade issues)
   LP: #177926 (documentation fix)
   LP: #184316 (client locale handling (default to en_GB if none is set)
   LP: #189237 (fix path handling, remove trailing slashes from arguments)
   LP: #132397 (handle proxies with apt)
   LP: #148109 (only use getltscfg if lts.conf is valid)
   LP: #172459 (only use free nbd devices to do network swapping)
  * install our own dhcpd.conf
  * add rdesktop to ltsp-client deps (LP: #153589)
  * fix xorg deps of ltsp-client (LP: #158735)
  * add plugin for mythbuntu kiosk setup (LP: #188413), thanks to Michael Haas

 -- Oliver Grawert <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Feb 2008 17:48:48 +0100