I just ran across this page describing one of the features of Intel's Clear
Linux, namely system-wide PAC file support using libcurl:
https://clearlinux.org/features/autoproxy What they've done is to run a daemon
sitting on D-Bus that interprets PAC files and have a modified libcurl pass all
its URLs to the daemon for rewriting before acting on them. If the daemon
isn't available or no PAC file is needed, libcurl just acts normally.

It sounds like a nifty way to make many system programs instantly and
automatically support proxies via PAC files. This question comes up on this
list often, so this might be a solution for some.

>>> Dan
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Received on 2016-01-12