Re: updating through a proxy

[haphazard@socketis.net (Greg Norris)]

I'll certainly take a look at both of them, and I'll post the results
back to the list.  Thanx!

>    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.


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