Re: Bug#36691: apt allows no proxies.
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Austin Brower wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.1.9 for i386 compiled on Nov 5 1998 17:50:0
>
> Category: wishlist
>
> apt allows no way to configure a HTTP and/or FTP proxy, therefore limiting it's use to those outside a firewall.
>
> Suggestion: Use either the HTTP_proxy or FTP_proxy environment variables to discover proxy settings or allow them to be placed on the command line.
The correct names for these variables are http_proxy and ftp_proxy. All
apt versions support http proxies, the version of apt in potato also
supports ftp proxies.
Jason
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