Re: Bug#42363: apt: http method through caching proxy fails
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 dolittle@weniac.math.toronto.edu wrote:
>> I am upgrading several machines using dpkg/apt with http. I set up one
>> with apache-ssl to act as a caching proxy with the following additions
>> to the httpd.conf file:
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> APT does work quite well through a number of different proxy
> servers, but I haven't tested it recently with Apache. Last time
> I did look into it Apache was very incompatible with the
> HTTP/1.1 standard in proxy mode.
Ah, that's it. Apache proxy server is HTTP 1.0.
The apt.conf manual page isn't totally clear on the requirement
for an HTTP 1.1 proxy. It does mention HTTP 1.1, but in
connection with the No-Cache, Max-Age, and No-Store options, which
I did not set. I assumed that meant I didn't need HTTP 1.1, but
that must be wrong. (I also assumed apache must be adequate in
all ways, since I have heard so many good things about it.)
Perhaps you could emphasize those points in the manual page.
Too bad about apache, I guess I'll have to find another web
server. Thanks for the clues.
Ed
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