Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I strongly object to the proxy environment variable overriding that in the > conf file, because the apt.conf setting is more specific and is purely for > apt, and has likely been set by the sysadmin specifically to suite the > properties of debian packages -- large, and likely to be updated on a lot > of machines. So if you are using apt-cacher, and all of your machines use > apt-cacher for the apt proxy, then you can set it as the proxy for apt > only, and everything else can keep using your squid proxy. > > If the sysadmin (who is the only person running apt -- it's not like its > going to be carelessly run by someone who didn't deliberately set up their > system this way) wanted to use the same proxy as that contained in the > environment variable, then they wouldn't have set the proxy in the > apt.conf file in the first place. But there are many reasons why he > wouldn't want to go the other way and remove his default setting just for > the sake of apt.
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