Package: apt Version: 0.3.19 Severity: normal Last week I submitted a typo bug for apt-get when the hostname name cannot be resolved properly.
After thinking about it, though, it would appear there's a problem with apt-get itself when it gives the error message. My situation is that I am behind a Windows P[r]oxy Server, and aren't able to use a DNS server. I am however able to get through the Proxy Server by plain IP address rather than by name (which says a lot about the security of Microsoft network products, not that that is much news). I have therefore included a handful of key machines in my /etc/hosts file for access to the world while I'm behind this Microsoft fog. For instance, I have 130.95.128.50 ftp.uwa.edu.au 138.25.6.7 ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au in /etc/hosts, which are some Debian ftp servers in Australia. I can successfully ping these machines, by IP address and by name: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ping -c 3 130.95.128.50 PING 130.95.128.50 (130.95.128.50): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 130.95.128.50: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=1048.1 ms 64 bytes from 130.95.128.50: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=858.5 ms 64 bytes from 130.95.128.50: icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=963.0 ms --- 130.95.128.50 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 858.5/956.5/1048.1 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ping -c 3 ftp.uwa.edu.au PING ftp.uwa.edu.au (130.95.128.50): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 130.95.128.50: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=1019.9 ms 64 bytes from 130.95.128.50: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=899.5 ms 64 bytes from 130.95.128.50: icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=887.1 ms --- ftp.uwa.edu.au ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 887.1/935.5/1019.9 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can also access the servers by name using direct ftp: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftp ftp.uwa.edu.au Connected to ftp.uwa.edu.au. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (ftp.uwa.edu.au) [acheron.uwa.edu.au] Name (ftp.uwa.edu.au:drew): ftp 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list. drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 12 04:07 mirrors drwxr-xr-x 11 99 kmem 4096 Aug 23 08:11 pub 226-Transfer complete. 226 Quotas off ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. I have these servers set up in sources.list for apt: deb ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian woody main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/Linux/debian-non-US woody non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free However, when I then try to run apt-get update, I get the error I mentioned before: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sudo apt-get update Err ftp://ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au woody/non-US/main Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/ftp' Err ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au woody/main Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'ftp.uwa.edu.au/ftp' ... etc. If I put the IP addresses instead of the names into sources.list, then apt-get works fine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sudo apt-get update Get:1 ftp://138.25.6.7 woody/non-US/main Packages [22.6kB] Get:2 ftp://130.95.128.50 woody/main Packages [1080kB] ... etc. Thus, it would appear that apt-get is not using /etc/hosts to resolve hostnames, even though other programs (ping, ftp) do use it. Thought you'd be interested :) Drew. -- System Information Debian Release: woody Kernel Version: Linux strider 2.2.17 #1 Fri Oct 13 13:29:55 EST 2000 i686 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.95-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library
