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Re: Bug#51315: apt: inaccuracy in /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz ?



On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 serge@SG3816.spb.edu wrote:

> in `man apt.conf` I see:
> 
> ftp     FTP URis; ftp::Proxy is the default proxy server to use.    It is
> 	in   the   standard   form   of http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/
> 					^^^^
> 	and is overriden by the ftp_proxy environment variable.

The 'http' is a typo, it should be 'ftp' 
 
> It seems to me that [[user][:pass]@]host applicable to ftp, not http.

Both HTTP and FTP have proxy authentication options, it is applicable to
both forms.

Jason


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