Bug#644373: libproxy0 0.3.1-3 doesn't work with automatic proxy configuration

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Control: found -1 0.4.11-4

[Petter Reinholdtsen]
> I experience the same problem with Debian Edu Wheezy main-server using
> libproxy 0.3.1-6.  The wpad.dat file is in place, but proxy return
> direct:// all the time anyway:
>
>   % GET http://wpad/wpad.dat
>   function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
>     {
>         if (!isResolvable(host) ||
>             isPlainHostName(host) ||
>             dnsDomainIs(host, ".intern"))
>             return "DIRECT";
>         else
>             return "PROXY webcache:3128; DIRECT";
>     }
>   % echo http://www.debian.org/ | proxy
>   direct://
>   %
>
> Any idea how to debug this?

The same problem is also present in the current libproxy-tools package
in testing/Jessie.  It is unable to look up the automatic proxy
configuration.  Do you see it too?

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen