Re: apt-get and proxy
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Andreas Tille wrote:
> When I wrote, that the proxy variables were ignored just my description
> was wrong. May be they are used but they are used in an other way
> than if I use settings in /etc/apt/apt.conf. While trying several different
> proxy-settings (sorry, don't remember) there, I got explicitely the
> message that the proxy is contacted. Using just the environment
Nope, they are 100% identical. The only way it could not work is if you
were not actually exporting the variable, or were typing something wrong.
> the time is always the same when updating package list (also doing this
> several times on the same box - at least this could be cached even
> without using a proxy - is this worth a wishlist-bug?) or when obtaining
It is cached - only environmental problems can defeat the cache - these
invariably boil down to defective servers, transparent proxies, or
*something* like that.
Jason
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