> My problem is: > alhmngsrv:/home/javier# apt-get update > Err ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org frozen/main Packages > Protocol corruption
that's quaint, but thats exactly my problem, which i solved by editing both /etc/apt/apt.conf AND setting environment variable ftp_proxy to http://w3cache.my.net:3128/ when I specify proxies only in apt.conf then i can't get to ftp sites via apt