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diff --git a/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn b/doc/bugs/http_proxy_for_openid.mdwn
index 3d0c99b83..4a9c1b3eb 100644
--- 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.
 
-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.
 
 ---
 
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Note that using $ua->proxy(['https'], ...); won't work, you get a "Not Implement
 
 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
@@ -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) {
-
+</pre>
 
 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]].