Bug#1005862: apt: Feature request - apt-get Source IP

[Joe Botha <joe@swimgeek.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.2.4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: ipv6

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

I use Debian on a server with multiple upstream internet links. Some of these links have peering point IPs.

It happens fairly often that apt-get traffic uses the source IP in a peering point range and then downloads fail.

Please consider adding a feature so I can configure apt-get to specify a source IP or interface on the server.

For example: traceroute has a -s option: "Chooses  an alternative source address."


-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ookla_speedtest-cli.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.118
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2021.1.1
ii  gpgv                    2.2.27-2
ii  libapt-pkg6.0           2.2.4
ii  libc6                   2.31-13+deb11u2
ii  libgcc-s1               10.2.1-6
ii  libgnutls30             3.7.1-5
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.1-1+deb11u1
ii  libstdc++6              10.2.1-6
ii  libsystemd0             247.3-6

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20210119

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                      <none>
pn  aptitude | synaptic | wajig  <none>
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.20.9
ii  gnupg                        2.2.27-2
ii  powermgmt-base               1.36

-- no debconf information