Quoting Julian Andres Klode (2020-09-14 21:49:15) > > - allow to specify a maximum bytes per second value for downloads (this > > has the largest effect if set low enough) > > That's Acquire::http::Dl-Limit > > > - allow to set an option that makes apt automatically retry when a transient > > error occurs > > That's Acquire::Retries - well it retries in general I suppose. It misses a bits > like DNS rotation, SRV rotation, but the goal is that this becomes the default > sometime next year, with 3 retries per URL or something to work with flaky mirrors. > > > > > - allow to set custom resolve addresses for domains like done in my code below > > That we don't have. Gotta use /etc/hosts > > Anyway, if you know you use snapshots.d.o, and it's flaky, maybe make use of > Dl-Limit and Retries option? I stand corrected. I think apt already offers all the tools needed to use snapshot.debian.org. Setting Acquire::http::Dl-Limit indeed does the job. And the option is even documented in apt-transport-http(1) Thanks! cheers, josch
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