On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Austin Brower wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.1.9 for i386 compiled on Nov 5 1998 17:50:0 > > Category: wishlist > > apt allows no way to configure a HTTP and/or FTP proxy, therefore limiting > it's use to those outside a firewall. > > Suggestion: Use either the HTTP_proxy or FTP_proxy environment variables to > discover proxy settings or allow them to be placed on the command line.
The correct names for these variables are http_proxy and ftp_proxy. All apt versions support http proxies, the version of apt in potato also supports ftp proxies. Jason
