Bug#240711: acknowledged by developer (closing this bug report)
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:21:03AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> C. Gatzemeier wrote:
> > Am Wednesday 28 April 2004 21:48 schrieb Debian Bug Tracking System:
> >
> > > base-config only asks about security sources at medium priority;
> >
> > That's a good feature I believe, did not mean to raise priority here, I rather
> > wanted to adress that when say a debian ftp mirror (or local http mirror) is
> > consiously chosen to avoid a mandatory http proxy to the outside world, the
> > security server is still accessed with http only directly.
> >
> > Thinking about a suggestion it would be nice if the option to enter a proxy
> > could be available upon failure if not before http usage, so that a valid
> > security source could be generated.
>
> Oh, I see. base-config should indeed prompt for a proxy either before
> using the security server (if not already prompted for one), or if it
> fails.
As long as the error message is reasonable friendly, like:
"An error occured while trying to access the security archive. It could
be that you have to specify an HTTP proxy. Do you want to
=> Configure and use an HTTP proxy
-> Try again
-> Do not use security updates (not recommended)"
I believe it is unnecessary to ask another question before using the
security server. Or wait... would the connection hang until time out? In
that case, the user might get confused why base-config hangs. Not sure
about this.
Michael
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