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@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ Note that this is an insecure method of authentication.
dit(bf(ftp))
The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior
is highly configurable; for more information see the
-bf(apt.conf(5)) manual page.
+bf(apt.conf(5)) manual page. Please note that a ftp proxy can be specified
+by using the ftp_proxy environment variable. It is possible to specify a http
+proxy (http proxy servers often understand ftp urls) using this method and
+ONLY this method. ftp proxies using http specified in the configuration
+file will be ignored.
dit(bf(copy))
The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are