Parham Doustdar <parham90@gmail.com> writes:

> When I'm behind a proxy, want to retrieve a package from `melpa.org',
> and have `url-proxy-services' set, `url-retrieve-synchronously'
> freezes in an infinite loop. I had a look at the code, and it looks
> like `url-retrieve' is failing when `url-asynchronous' is bound to
> nil.

What's the value of your `url-proxy-services' variable?  Proxies should
be working even when using synchronous HTTP connections...

--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no