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apt package

  1. Bug #325700
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 325700

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

> This solution may not be desirable because local sysadmin policy may not want an unrestricted HTTP client to be installed (eg > bastion host).

You do know that you can download files via APT's http methods anyway? They except HTTP-similar input on stdin and then download the file for you.