Bug#681421: apt: Acquire::http { proxy } should be made location-aware

[Daniel Hartwig <mandyke@gmail.com>]

On 13 July 2012 07:22, Felicitus <felicitus@felicitus.org> wrote:
> I'm using a proxy configuration for my notebook:
>
> Acquire::http { Proxy "http://<ip>:3142"; };
>
> However, when I switch locations (like from home to hackerspace or to work), I
> need to uncomment/change that line depending on whatever location I'm at.
>
> It would be nice if this could be automated

Hello

You can place network-specific configurations in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
and use scripts to enable them as appropriate.  For example, I have
similar proxy settings in 99eth0-home and use this script

--- /usr/local/sbin/toggle-apt-conf
#!/bin/sh

set -e

base="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/$2"

case $1 in
enable) [ -f "$base.disabled" ] && mv "$base.disabled" "$base" ;;
disable) [ -f "$base" ] && mv "$base" "$base.disabled" ;;
esac
---

with these network settings

--- /etc/network/interfaces
…
iface eth0-home inet static
     address 192.168.1.3
     netmask 255.255.255.0
     up toggle-apt-conf enable 99eth0-home
     down toggle-apt-conf disable 99eth0-home
---

to enable the proxy automatically when I connect to my home network.
This is also possible to do using network manager, though the
configuration is obviously different.

Regards