Package: apt Version: 0.8.3 Severity: wishlist
Forwarding this Ubuntu wishlist bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/134201 >From Lars Noodén: "Many sites have an HTTP+FTP proxy/cache already set up and running. If I understand correctly would be possible to use Apt.conf to run requests to Ubuntu's repositories through the proxy/cache. I would like the examples document for apt.conf to include a sample configuration for squid or some other common proxy/cache. (Note, this should not be "apt-cacher", though it might be useful to mention "apt-cacher" in *addition* to a regular proxy cache. However, since few sites have apt-cacher in place, using an example of a regular proxy/cache is needed.) When setting up, updating, patching or upgrading a large site, speed would be increased several orders of magnitude by having a local cache. This would also be good for the Internet as it would reduce unnecessary congestion." I have confirmed that the examples in apt for 0.8.3 still do not contain any examples for proxy setup. -- Package-specific info: -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.4-7 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.1 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.7.2 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.97.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org