Apt site for Debian?

[starblue]

Hi,

would it be possible to provide BC in an update site for aptitude or apt-get,
to be put in /etc/apt/sources.list?
That way updating to new versions would be automatic.

Jürgen

[Aaron]

It is on our list to look into this. We do have a built-in auto-updater. It notifies you in the upper right corner, and you can configure how often it checks for updates in the Tools -> Options: Startup dialog.

[elson]

Hi,

Unless i'm missing it, there doesn't seem to be an option for specifying a proxy for the auto-updater to use. I am behind a corporate firewall, so need to specify a web proxy otherwise the auto-updater hangs for a while then reports connection problems.

Great bit of software btw - and nice to see it on Linux now.

/E

[chrroe]

Hi!

The disrespect of a neccesary proxy got already pointed out earlier this year, see this thread: http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=310

Obviously we need more votes for proxy-support of the auto-update-mechanism under Linux to raise its priority ...


Bye
Christoph

[Michael Bulgrien]

I take it this is a Linux-only deficiency, then? Auto update works fine in Windows behind my corporate firewall.

[chrroe]

Yes, that's correct.
Only the Linux builds are affected. :(

[elson]

Hi!

The disrespect of a neccesary proxy got already pointed out earlier this year, see this thread: http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=310

Obviously we need more votes for proxy-support of the auto-update-mechanism under Linux to raise its priority ...


Bye
Christoph

Apologies, I had a look through the forum but didn't spot this. I will add a comment/vote there.

I am no expert, but in the distros I have used it seems fairly standard to have a http_proxy environment variable. If this is present it should be fairly easy to pick up.

Thanks,
Steve

[chrroe]

Hi Steve,

you don't need to apologize for this, I'm glad that there is another user who came arcoss the problem. I merely gave a hint to the older thread for the case that the developers had forgotten it.

Bye
Christoph

[Aaron]

Hello,

We just updated the thread Christoph pointed to. We should be adding http_proxy support for the next release. Let us know if you have any questions once it is out.