On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 09:55:01PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > The ISps with caching proxies are usualy the ones that always have > problems with apt-get and basicaly any other http/ftp app, esspecialy > ftp. They start to cache stuff they aren't supposed to cache or don't > notice file changes. > > Just think what happens if you get todays Release file and yesterdays > Packages file. Apt currnetly just fails to find packages but with 0.6 > it will detect network intrusion and loudly scream as checksums don't > match.
Transparent proxies that don't do a good job rechecking documents are broken. If apt knows it is using a proxy it can request a check for updates on importante files (and does so). It works great. Nothing wrong with apt or proxies, only with transparent proxies that aren't that transparent. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
