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Improve error message when failures happen due to proxy settings

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#2,233 opened on Jul 21, 2021

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Description

We should have a useful message on the console when the failures happen due to proxy settings.

At the moment, these are only available in the .nextflow.log files

Jul-21 11:01:18.239 [main] ERROR o.p.update.DefaultUpdateRepository - Unable to tunnel through proxy. Proxy returns "HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required"
java.io.IOException: Unable to tunnel through proxy. Proxy returns "HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required"

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Find where proxy errors are logged in the codebase and add a console error message that suggests checking proxy settings.
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