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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/configure-index | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | methods/http.cc | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | methods/https.cc | 5 |
5 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index c54fb431b..0cfd36c00 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ apt (0.7.25) UNRELEASED; urgency=low - rewrite to be able to handle even big patch files - adopt optional mmap+iovec patch from Morten Hustveit (Closes: #463354) which should speed up a bit. Thanks! + * methods/http{,s}.cc + - add config setting for User-Agent to the Acquire group, + thanks Timothy J. Miller! (Closes: #355782) [ Chris Leick ] * doc/ various manpages: diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index e2db9defb..726bca2cc 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -275,7 +275,12 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <para>The used bandwidth can be limited with <literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and tries uses as much as possible of the bandwidth (Note that this option implicit - deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para></listitem> + deactivates the download from multiple servers at the same time.)</para> + + <para><literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different + User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for clients + only if the client uses a known identifier.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>https</term> diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index index f5f996460..333c8df7e 100644 --- a/doc/examples/configure-index +++ b/doc/examples/configure-index @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ Acquire Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate + User-Agent "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3"; }; // HTTPS method configuration: @@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ Acquire CaPath "/etc/ssl/certs"; Verify-Host" "true"; AllowRedirect "true"; + + User-Agent "Debian APT-CURL/1.0"; }; ftp diff --git a/methods/http.cc b/methods/http.cc index 3b210f6b6..2dae87a02 100644 --- a/methods/http.cc +++ b/methods/http.cc @@ -731,7 +731,8 @@ void HttpMethod::SendReq(FetchItem *Itm,CircleBuf &Out) Req += string("Authorization: Basic ") + Base64Encode(Uri.User + ":" + Uri.Password) + "\r\n"; } - Req += "User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 ("VERSION")\r\n\r\n"; + Req += "User-Agent: " + _config->Find("Acquire::http::User-Agent", + "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 ("VERSION")") + "\r\n\r\n"; if (Debug == true) cerr << Req << endl; diff --git a/methods/https.cc b/methods/https.cc index 86d7f3a6b..a4f39c379 100644 --- a/methods/https.cc +++ b/methods/https.cc @@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ bool HttpsMethod::Fetch(FetchItem *Itm) curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE, dlLimit); // set header - curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT,"Debian APT-CURL/1.0 ("VERSION")"); + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, + _config->Find("Acquire::https::User-Agent", + _config->Find("Acquire::http::User-Agent", + "Debian APT-CURL/1.0 ("VERSION")"))); // set timeout int timeout = _config->FindI("Acquire::http::Timeout",120); |