Bugzilla Bug 238157

The man page for make.conf(5) states:

       http_proxy ftp_proxy = [host:port]
              These vars are used if the sources must be downloaded  from  the
              internet  by wget(1).  They are only required if you use a proxy
              server for internet access.

This breaks rubygems, which requires the http_proxy variable to be a URI, i.e.
a [protocol://host:port] format.

Reference bug #238061

Mentioning syntax needed for gem in make.conf manpage might help ruby
enthusiasts do it right from the start, but some people would not think to look
there when a gem install fails. Maybe gem eclass should check http_proxy for
proper syntax if the variable is set?

(In reply to comment #0)
> The man page for make.conf(5) states:
> 
>        http_proxy ftp_proxy = [host:port]
>               These vars are used if the sources must be downloaded  from  the
>               internet  by wget(1).  They are only required if you use a proxy
>               server for internet access.
> 
> This breaks rubygems, which requires the http_proxy variable to be a URI, i.e.
> a [protocol://host:port] format.

Thanks, I've updated the make.conf(5) man page in svn r11520.

The make.conf(5) man page is updated in portage-2.2_rc9.

We will most likely fix this in rubygems in bug #238061, so that URI's without
a scheme won't break rubygems.

Closing this bug as for now the man page includes the comment.