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From: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
To: konstantin@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: users@linux.kernel.org, tools@linux.kernel.org,
	void@manifault.com, kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] man: Update man page to mention HTTPS_PROXY
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:31:27 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220218153128.914071-1-void@manifault.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220118210808.2158914-1-void@manifault.com>

Certain b4 commands may send requests to https://lore.kernel.org, such
as to fetch a thread of patches as an mbox file. b4 internally uses the
python-requests library to perform these requests, and thus the requests
may be proxied by setting the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable.

The fact that b4 uses the python-requests library is an implementation
detail, so this diff adds a small 'PROXYING REQUESTS' section to the man
page that informs the user that they may use the HTTPS_PROXY environment
variable to enable proxying.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220118174144.2445150-1-void@manifault.com/
Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
---
 man/b4.5.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/b4.5.rst b/man/b4.5.rst
index 19e96af..ab12804 100644
--- a/man/b4.5.rst
+++ b/man/b4.5.rst
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@ Default configuration, with explanations::
       # Used when preparing merge messages from cover letters. See shazam-merge-template.example
       shazam-merge-template = None
 
+PROXYING REQUESTS
+-----------------
+Commands making requests to lore may be configured to proxy those requests
+by setting the **HTTPS_PROXY** environment variable, as described in
+https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies.
+
 SUPPORT
 -------
 Please email tools@linux.kernel.org with support requests,
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-18 15:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-18 21:08 [PATCH 1/2] man: Update man page to mention HTTPS_PROXY David Vernet
2022-01-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] man: Update man page to use bold where appropriate David Vernet
2022-02-18 15:31 ` David Vernet [this message]
2022-02-18 15:31   ` David Vernet

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