curl-library
Re: curl and apt-get update
From: Dan Fandrich <dan_at_coneharvesters.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:40:41 -0700
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:40:41 -0700
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 03:14:28PM -0700, Alan Ezust wrote:
> Here is a strange thing: if I apt-get update over http:// and then
> switch to https:// in my /etc/sources, apt-get upgrade works fine
> (because the package list is up to date). That is, apt-get install
> over https can get the packages that it needs and install them. The
> lockups I am experiencing are specific to apt-get update, not upgrade.
> Why would it work when it's getting the debs but not when it is
> downloading the package list?
Could it be that apt-get is actually always ignoring your certificates,
but is setting CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST in one case but clearing it in
another so that the transfer works in that one case regardless?
>>> Dan
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