Workaround for proxy autodetection on OS X. Closes celery#161. Thanks to gthb, ShawnMilo

Author: Ask Solem

celery/bin/celeryd.py

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 import socket
 import logging
 import optparse
+import platform as _platform
 import warnings
 import multiprocessing
 
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@
 from celery.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from celery.routes import Router
 
+SYSTEM = _platform.system()
+IS_OSX = SYSTEM == "Darwin"
+
 STARTUP_INFO_FMT = """
 Configuration ->
     . broker -> %(conninfo)s
@@ -303,6 +307,13 @@ def run_worker(self):
                                 max_tasks_per_child=self.max_tasks_per_child,
                                 task_time_limit=self.task_time_limit,
                                 task_soft_time_limit=self.task_soft_time_limit)
+        self.install_platform_tweaks(worker)
+        worker.start()
+
+    def install_platform_tweaks(self, worker):
+        """Install platform specific tweaks and workarounds."""
+        if IS_OSX:
+            self.osx_proxy_detection_workaround()
 
         # Install signal handler so SIGHUP restarts the worker.
         if not self._isatty:
@@ -313,7 +324,10 @@ def run_worker(self):
         install_worker_term_handler(worker)
         install_worker_int_handler(worker)
         signals.worker_init.send(sender=worker)
-        worker.start()
+
+    def osx_proxy_detection_workaround(self):
+        """See http://github.com/ask/celery/issues#issue/161"""
+        os.environ.setdefault("celery_dummy_proxy", "set_by_celeryd")
 
 
 def install_worker_int_handler(worker):