Debian Bug report logs - #551316
w3m didn't precent decode the password section in environment http_proxy

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From: Yang Zhe <yangzhe1990@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: w3m didn't precent decode the password section in environment http_proxy

Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:19:33 +0800

Package: w3m
Version: 0.5.2-2.1
Severity: normal
I'm using a http proxy with password "pass@word", so I must set
http_proxy="http://username:pass%40word@hostname" to let it works in
wget or curl or some other application. But with w3m, I find that it
sends the password as "pass%40word", which is wrong. I think that
similar situation may arise on some other website with password
contains @

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages w3m depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.9-27            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgc1c2               1:6.8-1.2         conservative garbage collector for
ii  libgpm2                1.20.4-3.2        General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5            5.7+20090803-2    shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8k-5          SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages w3m recommends:
ii  ca-certificates               20090814   Common CA certificates
Versions of packages w3m suggests:
ii  man-db                        2.5.6-3    on-line manual pager
ii  menu                          2.1.42     generates programs menu for all me
pn  migemo                        <none>     (no description available)
ii  mime-support                  3.46-1     MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
pn  w3m-el                        <none>     (no description available)
pn  w3m-img                       <none>     (no description available)
-- no debconf information


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Sincerely,
   Yang Zhe

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