This is odd.
$ https_proxy=http://bogus:9999/ http_proxy=http://bogus:9999/ euca-describe-images
that seems to work fine. it seems that euca-describe-images completely ignores http_proxy and https_proxy.
$ dpkg-query --show euca2ools euca2ools 3.0.2-1ubuntu1
This is odd.
$ https_proxy=http:// bogus:9999/ http_proxy=http:// bogus:9999/ euca-describe- images
that seems to work fine. images completely ignores http_proxy and https_proxy.
it seems that euca-describe-
$ dpkg-query --show euca2ools
euca2ools 3.0.2-1ubuntu1