APT 407 error with proxy configuration

Description

I got this error message when running the command apt-get update:

Err https://packagecloud.io wheezy/main amd64 Packages
  The requested URL returned error: 407

Context

I have added a new source list to update my Grafana:
deb https://packagecloud.io/grafana/stable/debian/ wheezy main

I’m using the config file /etc/apt/apt.conf to install/update packages through a proxy. This file looks like this:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://username:password@10.11.12.13:8080/";
Acquire::https::Proxy "http://username:password@10.11.12.13:8080/";

My current version of apt is the following:

# apt-get -V
apt 0.9.7.9 for amd64 compiled on Oct 17 2014 09:15:56

My current linux distribution is the following

# uname -a
Linux chgva-srv-its02 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 7.11 (wheezy)
Release:        7.11
Codename:       wheezy

Solution/workaround

I have found a workaround to make it work. This workaround is described here

My /etc/apt/apt.conf file looks like this now:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://username:password@10.11.12.13:8080/";
Acquire::https::Proxy "http://username:password@username:password@10.11.12.13:8080/";

This bug was fixed in the package apt – 0.9.9.1~ubuntu1

Reference

Bugfix release note:

This bug was fixed in the package apt – 0.9.9.1~ubuntu1

—————
apt (0.9.9.1~ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

* merged from the debian/sid branch:
– debian/gbp.conf: change build branch to ubuntu/master
– use ubuntu keyring and ubuntu archive keyring in apt-key
– run update-apt-xapian-index in apt.cron
– run apt-key net-update in cron.daily
– different example sources.list
– APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount set to 5000
– apport pkgfailure handling
– ubuntu changelog download handling
– patch for apt cross-building, see http://bugs.debian.org/666772
– debian/apt.auto-removal.sh
+ make kernels auto-removable

apt (0.9.9.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

* debian/rules:
– call dh_clean in clean (closes: #714980)

apt (0.9.9) unstable; urgency=low

[ Michael Vogt ]
* improve debug output for the Debug::pkgProblemResolver and
Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall
* improve apt-cdrom output when no CD-ROM can be auto-detected
* document –no-auto-detect in apt-cdrom

[ David Kalnischkies ]
* build the en manpages in subdirectory doc/en
* remove -ldl from cdrom and -lutil from apt-get linkage
* rewrite pkgOrderList::DepRemove to stop incorrect immediate setting
(Closes: 645713)
* prefer Essentials over Removals in ordering score
* fix priority sorting by prefering higher in MarkInstall
* try all providers in order if uninstallable in MarkInstall
* do unpacks before configures in SmartConfigure (Closes: #707578)
* fix support for multiple patterns in apt-cache search (Closes: #691453)
* set Fail flag in FileFd on all errors consistently
* don’t explicitly init ExtractTar InFd with invalid fd
* OpenDescriptor should autoclose fd always on error (Closes: #704608)
* fail in CopyFile if the FileFds have error flag set
* ensure state-dir exists before coyping cdrom files
* fix file location for configure-index.gz in apt.conf(5) (Closes: #711921)
* handle missing “Description” in apt-cache show (Closes: #712435)
* try defaults if auto-detection failed in apt-cdrom (Closes: #712433)
* support \n and \r\n line endings in ReadMessages
* do not redownload unchanged InRelease files
* trigger NODATA error for invalid InRelease files (Closes: #712486)

apt (0.9.8.2) unstable; urgency=low

[ Programs translations ]
* French translation : typo fix. Closes: #677272

[ Guillem Jover ]
* Update Vcs fields (Closes: #708562)

[ Michael Vogt ]
* buildlib/apti18n.h.in:
– fix build failure when building without NLS (closes: #671587)

[ Gregoire Menuel ]
* Fix double free (closes: #711045)

[ Raphael Geissert ]
* Fix crash when the “mirror” method does not find any entry
(closes: #699303)

[ Johan Kiviniemi ]
* cmdline/apt-key:
– Create new keyrings with mode 0644 instead of 0600.
– Accept a nonexistent –keyring file with the adv subcommand as well.

apt (0.9.8.1) unstable; urgency=low

[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
– non-inline RunGPGV methods to restore ABI compatibility with previous
versions to fix partial upgrades (Closes: #707771)

[ Michael Vogt ]
* moved source to http://git.debian.org/apt/apt.git
* updated gbp.conf to match what bzr-buildpackage is doing
* remove .bzr-buildpackage/default.conf (superseeded by gbp.conf)

apt (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low

[ Ludovico Cavedon ]
* properly handle if-modfied-since with libcurl/https
(closes: #705648)

[ Andreas Beckman ]
* apt-pkg/algorithms.cc:
– Do not propagate negative scores from rdepends. Propagating the absolute
value of a negative score may boost obsolete packages and keep them
installed instead of installing their successors. (Closes: #699759)

[ Michael Vogt ]
* apt-pkg/sourcelist.cc:
– fix segfault when a hostname contains a [, thanks to
Tzafrir Cohen (closes: #704653)
* debian/control:
– replace manpages-it (closes: #704723)

[ David Kalnischkies ]
* various simple changes to fix cppcheck warnings
* apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:
– do not store the MD5Sum for every description language variant as
it will be the same for all so it can be shared to save cache space
– handle language tags for descriptions are unique strings to be shared
– factor version string creation out of NewDepends, so we can easily reuse
version strings e.g. for implicit multi-arch dependencies
– equal comparisions are used mostly in same-source relations,
so use this to try to reuse some version strings
– sort group and package names in the hashtable on insert
– share version strings between same versions (of different architectures)
to save some space and allow quick comparisions later on
* apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
– assume sorted hashtable entries for groups/packages
* apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h:
– provide DepIterator::IsSatisfied as a nicer shorthand for DepCheck
* apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc:
– add a string-equal shortcut for equal version comparisions

[ Marc Deslauriers ]
* make apt-ftparchive generate missing deb-src hashes (LP: #1078697)

[ Yaroslav Halchenko ]
* Fix English spelling error in a message (‘A error’). Unfuzzy
translations. Closes: #705087

[ Programs translations ]
* French translation completed (Christian Perrier)

[ Manpages translations ]
* French translation completed (Christian Perrier)

[ Daniel Hartwig ]
* apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc:
– include port in shortened URIs (e.g. with apt-cache policy, progress
display) thanks to James McCoy (Closes: #154868, #322074)
– percent-encode username and password when writing URIs
* methods/http.cc:
– properly escape IP-literals (e.g. IPv6 address) when building
Host headers and URIs (Closes: #620344)
* methods/https.cc:
– use https_proxy environment variable if present, falling back to
http_proxy otherwise
– use authentication credentials from proxy URI
(Closes: #651640, LP: #1087512)
– environment variables do not override an explicit no proxy
directive (“DIRECT”) in apt.conf
– disregard all_proxy environment variable, like other methods

apt (0.9.7.9~exp3) experimental; urgency=low

[ Michael Vogt ]
* apt-pkg/sourcelist.cc:
– fix segfault when a hostname contains a [, thanks to
Tzafrir Cohen (closes: #704653)
* debian/control:
– replace manpages-it (closes: #704723)

[ Marc Deslauriers ]
* make apt-ftparchive generate missing deb-src hashes (LP: #1078697)

[ Yaroslav Halchenko ]
* Fix English spelling error in a message (‘A error’). Unfuzzy
translations. Closes: #705087

[ Programs translations ]
* French translation completed (Christian Perrier)

[ Manpages translations ]
* French translation completed (Christian Perrier)

apt (0.9.7.9~exp2) experimental; urgency=low

[ Programs translations ]
* Update all PO files and apt-all.pot
* French translation completed (Christian Perrier)

[ Daniel Hartwig ]
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
– do not have space between “-a” and option when cross building
(closes: #703792)
* test/integration/test-apt-get-download:
– fix test now that #1098752 is fixed
* po/{ca,cs,ru}.po:
– fix merge artifact

[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
– rename RunGPGV to ExecGPGV and move it to apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc
* apt-pkg/contrib/gpgv.cc:
– ExecGPGV is a method which should never return, so mark it as such
and fix the inconsistency of returning in error cases
– don’t close stdout/stderr if it is also the statusfd
– if ExecGPGV deals with a clear-signed file it will split this file
into data and signatures, pass it to gpgv for verification
– add method to open (maybe) clearsigned files transparently
* apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc:
– keep the last good InRelease file around just as we do it with
Release.gpg in case the new one we download isn’t good for us
* apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc:
– reenable InRelease by default
* ftparchive/writer.cc,
apt-pkg/deb/debindexfile.cc,
apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc:
– use OpenMaybeClearSignedFile to be free from detecting and
skipping clearsigning metadata in dsc and Release files

[ Michael Vogt ]
* add regression test for CVE-2013-1051
* implement GPGSplit() based on the idea from Ansgar Burchardt
(many thanks!)
* methods/connect.cc:
– use Errno() instead of strerror(), thanks to David Kalnischk
* doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
– document Acquire::ForceIPv{4,6}

apt (0.9.7.9~exp1) experimental; urgency=low

[ Niels Thykier ]
* test/libapt/assert.h, test/libapt/run-tests:
– exit with status 1 on test failure

[ Daniel Hartwig ]
* test/integration/framework:
– continue after test failure but preserve exit status

[ Programs translation updates ]
* Turkish (Mert Dirik). Closes: #703526

[ Colin Watson ]
* methods/connect.cc:
– provide useful error message in case of EAI_SYSTEM
(closes: #703603)

[ Michael Vogt ]
* add new config options “Acquire::ForceIPv4” and
“Acquire::ForceIPv6” to allow focing one or the other
(closes: #611891)
* lp:~mvo/apt/fix-tagfile-hash:
– fix false positives in pkgTagSection.Exists(), thanks to
Niels Thykier for the testcase (closes: #703240)
– this will require rebuilds of the clients as this used to
be a inline function

apt (0.9.7.8) unstable; urgency=criticial

* SECURITY UPDATE: InRelease verification bypass
– CVE-2013-1051

[ David Kalnischk ]
* apt-pkg/deb/debmetaindex.cc,
test/integration/test-bug-595691-empty-and-broken-archive-files,
test/integration/test-releasefile-verification:
– disable InRelease downloading until the verification issue is
fixed, thanks to Ansgar Burchardt for finding the flaw

apt (0.9.7.8~exp2) experimental; urgency=low

* include two missing patches to really fix bug #696225, thanks to
Guillem Jover
* ensure sha512 is really used when available, thanks to Tyler Hicks
(LP: #1098752)

apt (0.9.7.8~exp1) experimental; urgency=low

[ Manpages translation updates ]
* Italian (Beatrice Torracca). Closes: #696601

[ Programs translation updates ]
* Japanese (Kenshi Muto). Closes: #699783

[ Michael Vogt ]
* fix pkgProblemResolver::Scores, thanks to Paul Wise.
Closes: #697577
* fix missing translated apt.8 manpages, thanks to Helge Kreutzmann
for the report. Closes: #696923
* apt-pkg/contrib/progress.cc:
– Make “…” translatable to fix inconsistencies in the output
of e.g. apt-get update. While this adds new translatable strings,
not having translations for them will not break anything.
Thanks to Guillem Jover. Closes: #696225
* debian/apt.cron.daily:
– when reading from /dev/urandom, use less entropy and fix a rare
bug when the random number chksum is less than 1000.
Closes: #695285
* methods/https.cc:
– reuse connection in https, thanks to Thomas Bushnell, BSG for the
patch. LP: #1087543, Closes: #695359
– add missing curl_easy_cleanup()
* methods/http.cc:
– quote spaces in filenames to ensure as the http method is also
(potentially) used for non deb,dsc content that may contain
spaces, thanks to Daniel Hartwig and Thomas Bushnell
(LP: #1086997)
– quote plus in filenames to work around a bug in the S3 server
(LP: #1003633)
* apt-pkg/indexrecords.cc:
– support ‘\r’ in the Release file

[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
– prefer to install packages which have an already installed M-A:same
sibling while choosing providers (LP: #1130419)
— Michael Vogt

APT 407 error with proxy configuration

Description

Context

Solution/workaround

Reference

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