Merge branch 'master' into debian-jessie-backports

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / bugs / http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn b/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
index a8611da6c25dfbeada640ad2ca5390922ecca38d..4a9c1b3ebbfd09f86106afeaa0ce061abc0a575c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ to IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm it solves the problem for https requests, however it obvio
 
 Also, the ability to set HTTPS\_CA\_FILE and HTTPS\_CA\_DIR might benefit some people. Then again, it I can't see any evidence that the SSL certificate of the server is being checked. See the [[bug_report|ssl_certificates_not_checked_with_openid]] I filed on this separate issue.
 
 
 Also, the ability to set HTTPS\_CA\_FILE and HTTPS\_CA\_DIR might benefit some people. Then again, it I can't see any evidence that the SSL certificate of the server is being checked. See the [[bug_report|ssl_certificates_not_checked_with_openid]] I filed on this separate issue.
 

-Unfortunately, HTTP\_PROXY doesn't work for http requests, it looks like that library is different.
+Unfortunately, HTTP\_PROXY doesn't work for http:// requests, it looks like that library is different.

 
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@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ Update 2008-10-26:
 
 Better solution, one that works for both http and https, and uses config options. It appears to work...
 
 
 Better solution, one that works for both http and https, and uses config options. It appears to work...
 

-Note that using $ua->proxy(['https'], ...); won't work, you get a "Not Implemented" error, see <http://community.activestate.com/forum-topic/lwp-https-requests-proxy>.
+Note that using $ua->proxy(['https'], ...); won't work, you get a "Not Implemented" error, see <http://community.activestate.com/forum-topic/lwp-https-requests-proxy>. Also see [[!debbug 129528]].

 
 Also note that the proxy won't work with liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl, I had to remove liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl first.
 
 
 Also note that the proxy won't work with liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl, I had to remove liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl first.
 

-Please get the patch from the *.mdwn source.
-
+<pre>

 louie:/usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin# diff -u openid.pm.old openid.pm
 --- openid.pm.old      2008-10-26 12:18:58.094489360 +1100
 +++ openid.pm  2008-10-26 12:40:05.763429880 +1100
 louie:/usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin# diff -u openid.pm.old openid.pm
 --- openid.pm.old      2008-10-26 12:18:58.094489360 +1100
 +++ openid.pm  2008-10-26 12:40:05.763429880 +1100


@@ -42,6 +41,45 @@ louie:/usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin# diff -u openid.pm.old openid.pm
        # Store the secret in the session.
        my $secret=$session->param("openid_secret");
        if (! defined $secret) {
        # Store the secret in the session.
        my $secret=$session->param("openid_secret");
        if (! defined $secret) {

-
+</pre>

 
 Brian May
 
 Brian May

+
+> Rather than adding config file settings for every useful environment 
+> variable, there is a ENV config file setting that can be used to set
+> any environment variables you like. So, no changed needed.
+> --[[Joey]] 
+
+>> One thing I don't like about using ikiwiki for tracking bugs is I don't
+>> get notified when changes are made :-(.
+>>
+>> Anyway, if you look at the code I pasted above, the environment variables
+>> do not work for http:// - you have to use $ua->proxy(...) for them.
+>> This is significant, because all openid servers in my version appear to have been
+>> defined with http:// not https://  in /usr/share/ikiwiki/openid-selector/ikiwiki/openid/openid-jquery.js
+>>
+>> Use $ua->env_proxy() to get it to read the environment variables. Then http:// does work.
+>>
+>> Unfortunately this breaks https:// even more - but nothing I do seems to make https:// work anymore.
+
+
+>>> LWP::UserAgent defaults to not caring about proxy settings in
+>>> the environment. (To give control over the result, I guess?) 
+>>> To get it to care, pass `env_proxy => 1` to the constructor. Affected
+>>> plugins: aggregate, openid, pinger. This probably wants to be on
+>>> by default, and might not need to be configurable. --[[schmonz]]
+
+>>>> Okay, in a real-world scenario it does need to be 
+>>>> configurable. A working implementation (tested with aggregate,
+>>>> not tested with the other two plugins) is in my git, commit
+>>>> 91c46819dee237a281909b0c7e65718eb43f4119. --[[schmonz]]
+
+>>>>> Oh, and according to the LWPx::ParanoidAgent docs, "proxy support is 
+>>>>> explicitly removed", so if ikiwiki can preferentially find that 
+>>>>> installed, even with the above commit, `openid` won't be able to 
+>>>>> traverse a proxy. --[[schmonz]]
+
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/proxy author="[[schmonz]]"]]
+
+>>>>>> I've redone this from scratch, much more simply, on a new
+>>>>>> branch. --[[schmonz]].