Re: apt-get and proxies (solved)
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:32:45AM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> Thank you all for your help, problem solved.
>
> I used a sloppy notation for the proxy environment variable (which works with wget):
> export http_proxy=ip_address instead of http_proxy=http://ip_address.
>
> Another question: I have not been successful with CVS and proxies. Is
> this unsolvable due to the nature of the CVS protocol?
CVS and proxies? Huh?
Proxies have to be written for each protocol. So, squid is an HTTP
and FTP proxy. CVS uses its own protocol, so you can't squid-proxy it.
CVS should work find over IP masquerading, though, so it's not to say
that you can't use it behind a firewall if that's what you want.
Jules
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