On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 16:53 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:39:06AM +0100, Edward Tjornhammar wrote: > > apt-get provides http_proxy and ftp_proxy support but why not SOCKS? > > I have no experience with SOCKS other than that I use it daily in > > conjunction with firefox and ssh. I think it is a feature which could > > be of use to others as well since it would enable you to use apt over > > ssh. > > I'd suggest checking for a wishlist bug filed against apt, > requesting SOCKS support. If it doesn't exist, file it. At least with curl, 'export http_proxy="socks5://ip:port/"'. So it might work with apt too. I've used apt with a socks proxy before, I know that. William
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