Bug#61158: apt: feature request: apt-get support for http authentication

[Anton Gyllenberg <anton@lifix.fi>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.18
Severity: wishlist

It would be nice if apt-get supported http-authentication. I am
told that this functionality should be fairly easy to add.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux sniff.lifix.fi 2.2.14 #1 Thu Mar 23 17:14:56 EET 2000 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.3-5        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-6       The GNU stdc++ library