[oe] RFC: Add http_proxy and ftp_proxy to BitBake white list

[Richard Purdie]

On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 09:38 -0400, Cliff Brake wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to propose to add http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables to
> > BitBake's white list of preserved environment variables. They are usually set
> > to be used by fetching tools like wget for users behind a firewall/proxy.
> > Thanks.
> 
> In my latest tests, it does not seem like http_proxy is used by the bb
> fetcher even when it is included in BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE.  Has anyone
> else seen this?

Yes, I've just added some extra support for this to the bitbake in Poky.
I'll aim to get that (and some other changes) pushed upstream this
weekend.

Cheers,

Richard