[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#624774: manual doesn't mention that $http_proxy envvar is honoured

[Florian Schlichting]

Hello Alexander,

> None of the manual and documentation bits for mpd mention that
> http_proxy from the environment is used if no http_proxy_host is set
> in the conffile. it should also mention that the only way to make mpd
> ignore the envvar is to explicitely set a blank http_proxy_host in
> mpd.conf.

do you have a suggestion where exactly this should be mentioned, and
perhaps even suggest a wording?

The $http_proxy envvar is a feature of curl completely independent from
mpd, and hence duely described in curl's manpage. I suppose it was once
set on purpose and with knowledge of its effects, but fail to imagine
why it should then be improper for mpd to honour; and as you didn't just
set curl proxy variables in mpd's config, mentioning it there probably
wouldn't have helped, no?

Florian