apt-proxy-users

[Apt-proxy-users] http_proxy

[Dely N. <Nic...@th...>]

Hi all,

I used to configure apt-proxy-v1, I've run apt-proxy-v1-to-v2, but I've
behind a firewall and I need to config http_proxy var. The problem is
that with apt-proxy-v2.conf, configuration file style change. My
password contains non alpha numeric characters '%' '#', 

What are the rules to set non alpha numeric characters in this config
file?

Thanks

Regards

Nanouck

Re: [Apt-proxy-users] http_proxy

[Chris H. <ha...@de...>]

On Friday 15 Apr 2005 10:59, Dely Nicolas wrote:
> My
> password contains non alpha numeric characters '%' '#',
>
> What are the rules to set non alpha numeric characters in this config
> file?

Hi, thanks for your report.  

It looks like the password parsing routine is too simplistic.  Bug #309288 
points out that '@' is not accepted either.  We will fix this but we need to 
wait until the debian sarge freeze is over.  Please work around this by using 
other characters.  I think you'll find that there are other characters that 
work, eg !$^*, but I haven't tested it yet.  

In case you can read Python, here is the code that does the parsing:

        self.scheme, netloc, self.path, parameters, \
                     query, fragment = urlparse.urlparse(uri)

        if '@' in netloc:
            auth, netloc = netloc.split('@')
            self.username, self.password = auth.split(':')


Chris

Re: [Apt-proxy-users] http_proxy

[Dely N. <Nic...@th...>]

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 09:41 +0200, Chris Halls wrote:
> It looks like the password parsing routine is too simplistic.  Bug
> #309288  
> points out that '@' is not accepted either.  We will fix this but we
> need to  
> wait until the debian sarge freeze is over.  Please work around this
> by using  
> other characters.  I think you'll find that there are other characters
> that  
> work, eg !$^*, but I haven't tested it yet.  
> 
> In case you can read Python, here is the code that does the parsing:
> 
>         self.scheme, netloc, self.path, parameters, \ 
>                      query, fragment = urlparse.urlparse(uri)
> 
>         if '@' in netloc: 
>             auth, netloc = netloc.split('@') 
>             self.username, self.password = auth.split(':')
> 

ok so I'm waiting for this.

Could you begin a password section about characters allow and not,
please?

Re: [Apt-proxy-users] http_proxy

[Chris H. <ha...@de...>]

On Friday 20 May 2005 12:32, Dely Nicolas wrote:
> ok so I'm waiting for this.
>
> Could you begin a password section about characters allow and not,
> please?

I don't have unlimited time for a-p and it would be better if I spend the time 
on fixing the problem.  This can be found by trial and error by any user.

Chris