Hi Greg, > Why not try a script like this: Ui, pretty complicated, I prefer apt-get --just-print dist-ugrade :-)
> export http_proxy=http://192.168.2.64:8080/ > export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.2.64:8080/ But this really worked! Thanks! So I understand even less why the same option in apt.conf.d doesn't do it: ftp { Proxy "http://192.168.2.64:8080/"; Timeout "120"; }; Very strange! Andy. PS: using apt version 0.5.4 -- Dr. Andy Spiegl, Radio Marañón, Jaén, Perú E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://spiegl.de, http://radiomaranon.org.pe PGP/GPG: see headers o _ _ _ ------- __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) -o) ----- _`\<,_ _`\<,_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ /\\ ---- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ _\_v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Technically, Windows is an operating system, which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating." - Dave Barry