On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 07:43:07PM +0530, Toufeeq Hussain wrote: > Subject: apt-get update fails even when $http_proxy env var is set. > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.43.3 > Severity: normal
Thanks for your bugreport. > After upgrading the apt package in unstable, an apt-get update of my > existing repositories failed even after I had the http_proxy > environment variable set correctly. > > However, after creating a /etc/apt/apt.conf file with the following line, > Acquire::http::Proxy "http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:80";; (example) > apt-get seems to work fine. I can't reproduce this behaviour here, what did your http_proxy environment variable look like? Cheers, Michael -- Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]