Bug#322074: "apt-cache policy $PKG" does not work correctly with apt-proxy
Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: tags -1 = confirmed patch
Control: merge -1 -2
Rolf Leggewie <debian-bugs@rolf.leggewie.biz> wrote:
>>Of course, this is not useful since there might be several entries for
>>testing packages. Maybe it would be a good idea to output the full
>>URL. Currently, it is impossible to tell whether this file will be
>>gotten from http://server:9999/source1/testing/$blah or
>>http://server:9999/source2/testing/$blah.
>>
>>
> This is also related to bug 154868. My report is broader in scope,
> though, and fixing 154868 would not yet solve my problem. I leave it up
> to you to merge the two bugs if you think they should be but may I
> kindly request that despite the other bug being older, that 322074 be
> made the main bug since its focus is broader? Thank you.
In 0.7.26~exp1 the fix for #329814 included the path component. All
that remains for full disambiguity is to include the port when
specified. That is #154868, so merging.
For further help with apt proxies, we should consider also including
path in output of ‘apt-get update’. That is #317576.
Regards
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