Re: ftp via proxy server, for dselect

[Benjamin Low <ben@snrc.uow.edu.au>]

I too have a proxy, and also had a no-go using ftp access w/
dselect/dpkg (slink). I found that if I used a http access pointing to
the ftp site, all works well (provided the site allows http to their ftp
site, as most debian sites seem to).

e.g.

here's my /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US

It seems there is a ftp.nz.debian.org, if your email address reflects
your location :-)

Ben