From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-qk1-f181.google.com (mail-qk1-f181.google.com [209.85.222.181]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C081429CA; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:08:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk1-f181.google.com with SMTP id z10so505748qkf.7; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:08:30 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=j2YrH0bLXoPfRw0rcFdDDEcbOHhUEHq40TCQ/Zk0vqc=; b=2D3zd//7pAjhcnckhP79bIVZhLSCK0za0u6LCtWiWG8GqiU7zcDjo6uAkBgMQElfDk MzpSfPVfqUuswVXWCwGoVAKB3LEEN7iRUJPU5QSLvsFDnygCkH7MsJpgDgf10cpT558o MLk5EGssJxuocAm8xi9PAN4oby5LwmFhuPnO/ZdE/dapo15e3hQ/JS9x5DE37lfIjr+h /BnyhoX3gkJdWNMnSmONyMCXUZNQ7lbFLE3D5tkiC3O0O9fuaY+RkrkcJ3D00uf0h4q0 SgmZi6IVMEifyzss4qZa2Gma3OdNwYv7gQPSygcY36U56+WxeauqOLzel5dabUVI4SF+ e4pA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530eXC8kY5gr9ZkwjUX305rRlmdF13vV7MzzRUEMz+zKHFdRXg6y 2C1jnheeoBYunpL2wNUpnjY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz2QBh/xxVFyg1RemZimnVaoLhTXnfjPkqTMak1sEfbeOBXSjNZeZJo5Yzjf1oas6Y2pXTZsg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:4150:: with SMTP id k16mr417692qko.265.1642540109546; Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:08:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (fwdproxy-ash-001.fbsv.net. [2a03:2880:20ff:1::face:b00c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d17sm11458616qtx.96.2022.01.18.13.08.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:08:29 -0800 (PST) From: David Vernet 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: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:08:08 -0800 Message-Id: <20220118210808.2158914-1-void@manifault.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: tools@linux.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 --- 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