Comment 18 for bug 14486

(In reply to comment #17)
> (In reply to comment #16)
> > (In reply to comment #15)
> > > I put a modified version of apt online at:
> > >
> > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~mvo/apt/apt-broken-proxy/apt_0.6.35ubuntu1_i386.deb
> > >
> > > You can install it (after the download) with:
> > > $ sudo dpkg -i apt_0.6.35ubuntu1_i386.deb
> > >
> > > Then you can run it with:
> > > $ sudo apt-get -o Acquire::BrokenProxy=true update
> > >
> > > This will force apt to always re-get the signature file. I would like to
know if
> > > that
> > > fixes your problem or if you still see the signature errors then.
> >
> > My kernel uses i686, does that i386 matter? And how can I undo the installation
> > back to previous version if there is any problem?
>
> Having a i386 binary on a i686 system is no problem, i686 understand i386
> perfectly well. You can go back to the old version with:
> $ wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.6.35_i386.deb
> (that the current version in hoary)
> $ sudo dpkg -i apt_0.6.35_i386.deb
> (install that version).
>
> > The apt-get/synaptic is much faster and robust than synaptic in fedora which
> > left my system in a messy state when I try to upgrate from fc3 to fc4. I never
> > tried warty to hoary before, but I did countless times of updating with Ubuntu
> > synpatic/apt-get and never breaks.
>
> Thanks, good to hear :)
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>

Yes! Great job.

No more problem.

I'm satisfied with you guys. It's very rare to get treatment like this. Thanks
again.

Many paid products, when I have problem and report the problem, it lands on deaf
ear.

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