Package: apt-proxy Version: 1.9.29 Severity: normal
apt-proxy is really neat, but it doesn't support the full range of URIs available in sources.list; for instance: deb ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/. sarge main In my day job we support several remote networks operated by distinct organisations, and provide packages that either have redistribution restrictions or contain canned configurations including site-specific information that we want to ensure is not disclosed inappropriately; using ssh URIs like this (in conjunction with key-based authentication and a chrooted user environment) would enable us to maintain remote, per-site repositories in a secure and convenient way. In most other regards, apt-proxy would work very well for us; but its failure to support the full range of backends available to 'direct' apt is, for us, an unfortunate shortcoming. Sorry I have no patch, but my Python is essentially non-existent and a quick look suggests that this is not a 'quick fix' issue. Thanks for what is in other respects a great tool, John Pearson. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.6-xen Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages apt-proxy depends on: ii bzip2 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file co ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii logrotate 3.7-5 Log rotation utility ii python 2.3.5-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-apt 0.5.10 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii python-bsddb3 3.3.0-6 Python interface to libdb3 ii python-twisted 1.3.0-8 Event-based framework for internet ii python2.3 2.3.5-3sarge1 An interactive high-level object-o -- debconf information: * apt-proxy/upgrading-v2: * apt-proxy/upgrading-v2-result: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
