Re: updating through a proxy
On Sun, May 17, 1998 at 07:14:37PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote:
> I've got a bo (installed from a 1.3.1r6 CD) machine at work, and am
> looking for a good way to update it via FTP. The problem I have is
> that all FTP connections at our site have to go through a proxy (connect
> with the userid "proxyftp", use the command "quote site some.site.name"
> to connect to the remote site, and finally login with the "user"
> command), and dselect does not appear to be able to accomodate this.
>
dpkg-http (in hamm) can use a web proxy, if that's an option. I haven't
installed it on a bo system, but can't think of any reason it wouldn't work.
I've suggested it to a few people in similar circumstances and never heard
back from them. (That might not be a good sign...)
dpkg-ftp 1.4.9.1 and later have authenticated ftp proxy support.
Neither dpkg-http nor dpkg-ftp depend on libc6, so it should be possible
to install the latest versions on bo systems without updating anything else.
-Drake
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