On Wednesday 16 October 2013 00:39:51 Francesco Poli wrote: > Control: severity -1 wishlist > Control: found -1 apt-listbugs/0.0.1 > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
Yup, should have been wishlist from starters, my bad on that one. > On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:38:45 -0300 Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer > > wrote: > > Package: apt-listbugs > > Version: 0.1.11 > > Severity: normal > > > > Hi! > > Hello Lisandro, thanks for your bug report! > > > I'm using my systems behind apt-cacher-ng (acng) + squid-deb-proxy-client > > (which also works for acng) in a network which also has a proxy. > > Interesting setup. > I must confess I am not very knowledgeable about proxies, so please > bear with me... Don't worry, I'm being forced to learn about them :) > > squid-deb-proxy-client installs /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30autoproxy which contains: > > Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect > > "/usr/share/squid-deb-proxy-client/apt-avahi-discover"; > I wasn't aware of the existence of this APT configuration option... > I see from apt changelog that it is present in unstable since > apt/0.8.0, but I fail to find where it is documented... > The apt.conf(5) man page does not seem to talk about it! > > Could you please tell me where I can find an explanation of this option > and its use? IIRC, it's undocumented :-( > > This lets avahi try to find an squid/acng proxy for packages. This works > > excellent except for apt-listbugs. > > Please elaborate a bit more: what do you mean by "except for > apt-listbugs"? > What happens if you try to install or upgrade packages and apt-listbugs > is invoked by apt-get (or another compatible package manager, such as > aptitude, if you prefer)? > > Please paste the exact error that you get. Times out trying to reach the BTS, and asks if I want to continue or not (not at $job now so I can't reproduce it, will do it tomorrow). > Please also add the "-d" option as suggested near the end > of /usr/share/doc/apt-listbugs/README.Debian.gz and paste the exact > output that you get. Excellent :) > > Now if I manually set the proxy like: > > > > http_proxy="http://acng.example.com:3142/"; apt-get install foo > > > > or > > > > http_proxy="http://proxy.example.com:8080/"; apt-get install foo > > > > everything works as expected, but has the inconvenience of setting it > > manually (and the need to remember the correct proxy for each network). > > Please let me understand: what do you need to do in your network in > order to access http://bugs.debian.org, for instance with a web browser? > Do you need to go through a proxy? Or can you also access it directly? > Which proxy do you need to use, if any? Not acng, I suppose... > Is this proxy auto-detected somehow? How? Manually configure http://proxy.example.com:8080/. Interestingly enough specifying acng before calling apt-get/aptitude will work. Possibly acng detects that the request is not for a package and delivers it to the main proxy, which it also has configured. > > I have also tried symlinking /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30autoproxy to > > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/09autoproxy, so it gets processed before > > 10apt-listbugs > > but the problem persists. > > > > Is there a way to solve this? > > Please answer my questions and I will be able to figure > out (maybe!!!). > > > Note: on networks not having a proxy by default but having acng there > > would be no problems, as apt-listbugs will fetch the data directly. > > Mmmh, so, in your network, you are *forced* to use a proxy in order to > access http web sites, if I understand correctly... Exactly. > > Kinds regards, Lisandro. > > Please note that, in case something is missing in apt-listbugs to > support your scenario, this feature has never been present in > apt-listbugs. > As a consequence, your bug report is considered as "found" in the initial > release of apt-listbugs and is actually a feature request (that is to > say, severity wishlist). > I altered the properties of the bug report accordingly... Perfectly fine :-) I'll do my best to be more verbose tomorrow. Kinds regards, Lisandro. -- 8: Si un archivo ha pasado a la "Papelera de Reciclaje" * Ud tiene una carpeta llamada "Papelera de Reciclaje" Damian Nadales http://mx.grulic.org.ar/lurker/message/20080307.141449.a70fb2fc.es.html Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer http://perezmeyer.com.ar/ http://perezmeyer.blogspot.com/
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