[IDEA] proxy server with .pac

[mk01]

@psyLord

I realised libproxy package is part of debian main apt so just do
apt-get install libproxy libproxy-plugin*

currently I found not the xbmc source biggest problem - this I have done already. but I'm not able to succeed with libproxy as is. by default it provides the usual auto proxy discovery - to find .pac somewhere on the network. my macs (safari) work well with dns record "wpad" directing to http where is /wpad.dat file.

but libproxy seems to be ... not doing the job. in docs there is also notice that via mozjs (java script parser/engine) it is able to understand and read even local .pac files (file://) but I'm unable to find any reference HOW to specify it.

can you please check? no programming there, if you install libproxy-tools you will have "proxy" binary at hand which according to man should work like:

echo http://www.google.com | proxy

but I see in web logs wpad.dat is not accessed, in dns logs that wpad name is not checked so proxy returns always direct://.

anyhow the patch is here, currently it changes xbmc way of resolving (getting http) like this:
1) first autoproxy resolving is started via libproxy
2) if proxys are returned - XBMC internal setting is overwritten
3) otherwise that local setting is used
4) otherwise direct

the code alone works (as currently libproxy returns always direct://), so if you make libproxy work as it should it is done.
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian-package-xbmc/blob/master/patches/libproxy.patch