Package: apt Version: 1.5~beta1 Severity: wishlist The apt.conf(5) documents the timeout http/https option:
The option timeout sets the timeout timer used by the method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout. and The option timeout sets the timeout timer used by the method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout. but the time unit is not documented. It seems to be "in seconds". See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869070#27 -- Package-specific info: -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/no-adobe-flash-plugin present, but not submitted) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=POSIX (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii adduser 3.115 ii debian-archive-keyring 2017.5 ii gpgv 2.1.18-8 ii init-system-helpers 1.49 ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.5~beta1 ii libc6 2.24-12 ii libgcc1 1:7.1.0-10 ii libgnutls30 3.5.14-2 ii libstdc++6 7.1.0-10 Versions of packages apt recommends: ii ca-certificates 20161130+nmu1 Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc 1.5~beta1 ii aptitude 0.8.8-1 ii dpkg-dev 1.18.24 ii gnupg 2.1.18-8 pn powermgmt-base <none> ii python-apt 1.4.0~beta3+b1 -- no debconf information