Wolfgang Köbler wrote: > I tried to install debian behind an apt-proxy and the installations > hangs when fetching packages during installation (Errormsg on ALT-F4). > See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=388769 . > > It seems that all Debian etch installations behind a sarge apt-proxy > fail because of apt-proxy bug 374405: > > Incompatible with full URL HTTP requests from recent apt versions > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374405 > > Upgrading the apt-proxy from sarge to backports.org solved the > installation-problem. > > IMHO it would be nice to have a hint / warning about sarge apt-proxy > when manually selecting a mirror. Otherwise many people may stumble over > this incompatibility. How is a client supposed to get the proxy version? I don't know if this is even possible; in any case working around specific broken proxies is not a good idea; there are so many ways a proxy can break. AFAIK the installer should already do something reasonable when the tcp connection times out. That may take several minutes to happen. -- see shy jo
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