[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#266430: libxml2-utils: xmllint can't use a proxy for --dtdvalid URL

[Ludovic Rousseau]

Package: libxml2-utils
Version: 2.6.11-3
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

My computer is behind a web proxy and a firewall and I can't tell
xmllint to use the proxy. xmllint tries (and fails) a direct connection
when I use --dtdvalid http://website/file.dtd.

It would be great if xmllint could use $http_proxy (like wget, lynx and
some other programs) to know if a proxy should be used.

A workaround is to fetch the DTD using wget and use a local URL in
xmllint (--dtdvalid file.dtd).

Regards,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8.1
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR

Versions of packages libxml2-utils depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libxml2                     2.6.11-3     GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1.1-5  compression library - runtime

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