[Bug 827627] Re: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

[Brian Murray]

There is a package that provides a service like this it is called squid-
deb-proxy-client.

Package: squid-deb-proxy-client
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Michael Vogt <mvo at ubuntu.com>
Architecture: all
Source: squid-deb-proxy
Version: 0.5.2
Depends: avahi-utils, apt (>= 0.7.25.3ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/s/squid-deb-proxy/squid-deb-proxy-client_0.5.2_all.deb
Size: 3596
MD5sum: 2fb9ecdd480ab6ad6bcdc3081e33d7da
SHA1: d10218f4c9f5ca2e73e5bb58a7c37d77fac116a7
SHA256: 3f0f2fe107fca0f6716c6171ab0e0887216132ee33cf48a515c1b668027facb1
Description: Automatic proxy discovery for apt based on avahi
 This package contains a helper for the apt http method to discover
 proxies that publish their service as _apt_proxy._tcp.
 .
 It was written to be installed on clients that should use
 squid-deb-proxy automatically, but it will work with any proxy
 that publishes the service as _apt_proxy._tcp.
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/squid-deb-proxy
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

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Title:
  apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Hi,

  apt-get can use a HTTP proxy if on is configured in its settings, but
  then it fails if the proxy is unavailable.

  Would be nice (and save ubuntu's server resources) if apt-get could
  use a proxy/cache opportunisticly, i.e. use it if available and access
  the repositories directly otherwise.

  regards

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