On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 10:42:57AM +0200, Joe Botha wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 2.2.4 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: ipv6 > > Dear Maintainer, > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > I use Debian on a server with multiple upstream internet links. Some of these > links have peering point IPs. > > It happens fairly often that apt-get traffic uses the source IP in a peering > point range and then downloads fail. > > Please consider adding a feature so I can configure apt-get to specify a > source IP or interface on the server. > > For example: traceroute has a -s option: "Chooses an alternative source > address."
I was about to say that specifying ip addresses for sources needs to be solved at an RFC level (need to standardize URLs like http://foo[ip]/), but um now I understand that you don't want to configure the IP of the source, but the interface we send packets from. Probably should be retitled with a less ambiguous title :D Anyway, no idea how complex that feature is, I guess proof of concept patches welcome. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
