Comment 2 for bug 678080

I've built a test package in https://launchpad.net/~tspindler/+archive/apt. Can you test it, best on an expendable virtual machine, and report if it fixes the issue for you?

Unfortunately I could not test the fix, as my apt also works with the old acquire option, I guess it does fall back to non ssh/rsh use when the connection does not work.