Re: Bug#89671: apt-get fails when $ftp_proxy is set ...
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Timshel Knoll wrote:
> I've just migrated from apt 0.3.9 (or whatever was in testing) to 0.5.3,
> and I normally download through a http proxy (ie. my ftp_proxy variable
> is set to http://proxy.domain.com:8080/). apt-get now fails with a
> connection timeout. If I run "ftp_proxy= apt-get install xxxx" it works
> fine, however. If you want an strace or anything just let me know ...
I'm not clear why you think this is a bug and not a problem with your
proxy server?
wakko{jgg}~/work/apt/build/bin#ftp_proxy="http://proxy.powersurfr.com:3128";
./apt-get update
[..]
Get:1 ftp://zeus.kernel.org woody/main Packages
[..]
Jason
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