racket / racket/drracket

Support SSL proxy connections for package management

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Description

I'm trying to use racket 6.12 on Windows 7 x64. I get the following error message when I try to update the packages:

tcp-connect: connection failed
address: download.racket-lang.org
port number: 443
system error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.; errid=10061

I found https://www.reddit.com/r/Racket/comments/6jsqmg/racket_behind_a_proxy/ describing the same or a very similiar problem. Like in that post, I have also set multiple environment variables like HTTP_PROXY that I use successfully with other tools.

Is there anything else I can do to get this working? Or is it really an unimplemented feature? If so, how can I help implement it?

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Research direction

No source files or tests are named. Start by locating the package-management update entry point and checking how HTTP_PROXY and related environment variables are handled during the failed TLS connection. Done means package updates work through an SSL proxy on the reported Windows setup, with coverage for the proxy behavior.

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Assessment

Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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