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authorMichael Kaufmann <mail@michael-kaufmann.ch>2017-09-24 19:58:37 +0200
committerMichael Kaufmann <mail@michael-kaufmann.ch>2017-09-28 21:29:39 +0200
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docs: clarify the use of environment variables for proxy
Closes #1921
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOPROXY.35
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY.33
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOPROXY.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOPROXY.3
index a1ee476f6..61500fc05 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOPROXY.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_NOPROXY.3
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ If the name in the noproxy list has a leading period, it is a domain match
against the provided host name. This way ".example.com" will switch off proxy
use for both "www.example.com" as well as for "foo.example.com".
+Setting the noproxy string to "" (an empty string) will explicitly enable the
+proxy for all host names, even if there is an environment variable set for it.
+
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
+.SH "Environment variables"
+See \fICURLOPT_PROXY(3)\fP
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY.3
index c543c2c5d..8e93309f1 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXY.3
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ names to not use a proxy for (even if one of the previous mention variables
are set). That is the exact equivalent of setting the \fICURLOPT_NOPROXY(3)\fP
option.
-The \fICURLOPT_PROXY(3)\fP option overrides environment variables.
+The \fICURLOPT_PROXY(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_NOPROXY(3)\fP options override
+environment variables.
.SH DEFAULT
Default is NULL, meaning no proxy is used.