On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:46:09AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> 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
Wierd. You've got just a plain 0.5.3 install???
Mainly this:
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[root@pippin pts/5 /home/timshel/var]# ftp_proxy="http://proxy.knoll.ln:8080"; wget ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/dists/unstable/Contents-i386.gz
--20:02:36-- ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/dists/unstable/Contents-i386.gz
=> `Contents-i386.gz'
Connecting to proxy.knoll.ln:8080... connected!
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,360,888 [text/plain]
0K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 1%]
50K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 3%]
100K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 4%]
.
. <snipped>
.
3200K -> .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... [ 99%]
3250K -> .......... .......... .......... .. [100%]
20:21:25 (2.92 KB/s) - `Contents-i386.gz' saved [3360888/3360888]
[root@pippin pts/5 /home/timshel/var]# ftp_proxy="http://proxy.knoll.ln:8080"; apt-get update
Ign file: dpkg/ Release
Ign file: dpkg/ Release
Hit http://pippin.knoll.ln woody/ Packages
Ign http://pippin.knoll.ln woody/ Release
19% [Logging in]
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/main Packages
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/main Release
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/contrib Packages
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/contrib Release
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-free Packages
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-free Release
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-US/main Packages
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-US/main Release
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Connection timeout
Err ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Connection timeout
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etc. etc
'ftp_proxy= apt-get update' works fine, however.
The proxy is just the latest unstable squid. It works fine for everything
except apt-get.
Timshel
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