Hi, I don't know why. Maybe, apt handles ftp protocol and http protocol quite differently, or maybe the cisco cache engine handles them differently.
All I know is this cisco thing is *very* expensive :) In the mean time, I guess we can just bare with the ftp protocol. However, for some site, such as the kde one which does not allow ftp anonymous login, then that is a problem. It is a pain to download each package by hand... Shao. On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 01:55:57PM -0700, Deepak Nulu wrote: > Shao Zhang wrote: > > > > This is probably a bug in apt. I have already filled a bug report against > > it... > > > > I guess your isp, or your internet connection is running a cisco web > > caching engine. > > > > I soon discovered that apt still works with my other isp. I then > > investigated each > > isp. One isp is not running proxy at all, the other one running a proxy > > using squid, > > and the one does not work running a transparent web proxy using cisco web > > caching engine. > > > > I don't know much about this kind of cisco product, but from your email > > address, you > > probably know what is going on. If you know the details how the cisco thing > > works, > > plz let the debian apt folks know... > > > > I am sure this will be fixed soon... > > > > Hi Shao, > > Thanks for your prompt response. I am ignorant about IP and other > protocols. > So I have no clue how these web products work (I am hardware designer > :-). > But if there is something specific that I need to find out, please let > me know and I can try and find it out. > > Also, any clue why dselect's ftp method works? > > When I get back home, I am going to try using ftp in apt's sources.list > file. > > Thanks. > > deepak -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _____________________________________________________________________________
