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Re: aptitude upgrade through proxy



On 10/24/07, Javier Vasquez <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've used http_proxy/ftp_proxy to enable apt-get to download packages
> through a proxy server whenever required.
>
> However I've tried the same environment variables with aptitude with
> no luck...  Looks like aptitude doesn't pay attention to them.  Does
> any one know how to overcome this?  Also, I liked the environment
> variables solution because it can be temporally enabled/disabled,
> without having to edit a config file everytime one wants to change...
> I've tried looking in the man page, but didn't find anything...

That's strange, I have used aptitude with http_proxy and not had
any problems.

I don't have any good ideas to try, unfortunately.


Cheers,
Kelly



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