Bug#500560: apt: Not possible to use an @ (at sign) in username or password of a proxy
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14+b1
Severity: important
Trying to use an @ ('at' sign) in proxy's username or password in
apt.conf.d results in this error:
W: Failed to fetch
http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Could not resolve 'd@proxy.com'
where the password is e.g. 'passwor@d'
apt thinks that everything after the password's @ is the hostname,
hence the error. Tried to escape the @ with both %40 and \@, with both
yelding the
same results.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:::: "touch
/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable";
ACQUIRE "";
ACQUIRE::http "";
ACQUIRE::http::proxy "http://username:passwor@d@proxy.com/";;
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch
/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 990
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 200
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux LennyBeta2 _Lenny_ - Official Beta i386
CD Binary-1 20080607-17:43]/ lenny main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux LennyBeta2 _Lenny_ - Official Beta i386 CD
Binary-1 20080607-17:43]/ lenny main
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://linorg.usp.br/debian-marillat/ lenny main
deb-src http://linorg.usp.br/debian-marillat/ lenny main
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ sid main
# Dropbox
#deb http://www.getdropbox.com/static/ubuntu gutsy main
#deb-src http://www.getdropbox.com/static/ubuntu gutsy main
# VLC
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.8+20080809-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.4.11.10-1 terminal-based package manager
ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.22 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii synaptic 0.62.1 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
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