Re: Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt...

2000-11-21 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:45:40AM +1100, Kenrick, Chris wrote: :>This begs the question: what other apps respect http-proxy? : :The one that comes to mind is wget, others might know some more... Done some little bit 'o testing, lynx also does, so I'm guessing it's fairly ubiquitous -Jon

RE: Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt...

2000-11-21 Thread Kenrick, Chris
Title: RE: Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt... >>On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:15:18AM +1100, Kenrick, Chris wrote: >>:eg export http_proxy=http://myproxyname:80/ >R'ing TFM verifies this, some day I'll learn to read first and write >later... >This

Re: Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt...

2000-11-21 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:15:18AM +1100, Kenrick, Chris wrote: :eg export http_proxy=http://myproxyname:80/ R'ing TFM verifies this, some day I'll learn to read first and write later... This begs the question: what other apps respect this variable? thanks, -Jon

RE: Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt...

2000-11-21 Thread Kenrick, Chris
Title: RE: Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt... >>I've got a couple of net installs that are going very slowly, is 3Kbps >>what others are getting these days?  Seems typical for me over the >>past two weeks or so... >>Where can I find info on seting u

Slow mirrors & howto proxy for apt...

2000-11-21 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, I've got a couple of net installs that are going very slowly, is 3Kbps what others are getting these days? Seems typical for me over the past two weeks or so... Where can I find info on seting up apt-get with a proxy? -Jon