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Re: Bug#42363: apt: http method through caching proxy fails



On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Ed Doolittle wrote:

> 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.

Try the Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth=0 option that will disable HTTP/1.1
pipelining which is the feature that often causes the most problems.
 
> Too bad about apache, I guess I'll have to find another web
> server.  Thanks for the clues.

Apache is an excellent web server, it is really nasty proxy server, I like
to use squid for proxies. The new version even pretends to have some
HTTP/1.1 support ;>

Jason


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