Re: HELP! apt stops working!
Hi,
I don't know why. Maybe, apt handles ftp protocol and http protocol quite differently, or maybe
the cisco cache engine handles them differently.
All I know is this cisco thing is *very* expensive :)
In the mean time, I guess we can just bare with the ftp protocol. However, for some site, such
as the kde one which does not allow ftp anonymous login, then that is a problem. It is a pain
to download each package by hand...
Shao.
On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 01:55:57PM -0700, Deepak Nulu wrote:
> Shao Zhang wrote:
> >
> > This is probably a bug in apt. I have already filled a bug report against it...
> >
> > I guess your isp, or your internet connection is running a cisco web caching engine.
> >
> > I soon discovered that apt still works with my other isp. I then investigated each
> > isp. One isp is not running proxy at all, the other one running a proxy using squid,
> > and the one does not work running a transparent web proxy using cisco web caching engine.
> >
> > I don't know much about this kind of cisco product, but from your email address, you
> > probably know what is going on. If you know the details how the cisco thing works,
> > plz let the debian apt folks know...
> >
> > I am sure this will be fixed soon...
> >
>
> Hi Shao,
>
> Thanks for your prompt response. I am ignorant about IP and other
> protocols.
> So I have no clue how these web products work (I am hardware designer
> :-).
> But if there is something specific that I need to find out, please let
> me know and I can try and find it out.
>
> Also, any clue why dselect's ftp method works?
>
> When I get back home, I am going to try using ftp in apt's sources.list
> file.
>
> Thanks.
>
> deepak
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