[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: ftp via proxy



On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Thomas Viehweger wrote:

> I wanted to use my local wwwoffle-proxy to buffer connections to the
> internet. How must I set up the line in the file /etc/apt/sources.list ? Or
> which environment variable do I have to set?
> In the manual page sources.list(5) there is a reference to ftp.conf(5), but I
> cannot find the file. To what package does it belong?

It is not possible for apt to use FTP with http proxies, you can use a
HTTP site and set the http_proxy environment variable though.

Jason


Reply to: