[Tutor] Python proxy settings in OS X

[John DeStefano]

I'm having trouble with OS X proxy settings and getting Python to  
ignore them.  I have multiple Python installations on my system:
/opt/local/bin/python (2.5.1)
/usr/local/bin/2.3
/opt/local/bin/2.4
/usr/bin/python244 (2.4.4)
/opt/local/bin/2.5

I've noticed that when using some of these versions, my scripts that  
make web calls work fine, but the same scripts die with timeouts using  
other versions.  I thought Python simply read and respected 'env'  
settings, but clearing these in my session doesn't seem to help.

As a result, I have even tried to remove my proxy settings entirely,  
but that is another, off-topic story [1].

Where all these installations came from, I'm not entirely sure.  I  
know I had to install a copy of 2.4, and I must have used 'ports' for  
some version.  At some point, I would like to clean these up and have  
only one copy of each version installed, but I'm not sure which  
versions would screw things up if they were to be removed.

Thanks for your help in understanding Python and proxy settings, and  
how to fix settings if possible.

Thank you,
~John


[1] http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=93086