On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 01:03:33AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > I ment what Release file. Because the etch security one does have the > md5sums of Packages in it.
This has been modified too and the md5sum listed for the packages file has changed. > > apt-get sends a http GET request for Packages.bz2. Part of this > > request is this information: > > > > Cache-Control: max-age=0 If-Modified-Since: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:15:01 GMT Cache-Control: max-age=0 If-Modified-Since: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:15:01 GMT If apt-get would send this instead, squid would work as expected: Cache-Control: must-revalidate If-Modified-Since: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:15:01 GMT a possible workaround is use "apt-get update" with additional option: apt-get update -o "Acquire::http::No-Cache=True" > Apt-get should not even send an "If-Modified" query imho. After > fetching the Release file is already knows with near certainty if the > local file is current or not. It should check the Checksums of the > local file and then either keep it or fetch it. Asking > If-Modified-Since can only lead to triggering a bug like the squid > one. You are right. There is no need to ask any proxy and to rely on the answer, because apt-get should be able to find out what to do. -- Stefan Tichy ( dlist at pi4tel dot de ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
