From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 13:42:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93731065693 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:42:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 519ED8FC0A for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:42:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id oA9DgFfG078409; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:42:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id oA9DgF5V078407; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:42:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <201011091342.oA9DgF5V078407@lurza.secnetix.de> To: kamikaze@bsdforen.de (Dominic Fandrey) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:42:15 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <4CD94DB1.3030809@bsdforen.de> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:42:31 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /pub/FreeBSD or /FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:42:35 -0000 Dominic Fandrey wrote: > On 09/11/2010 13:48, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > It is desirable that all FTP mirrors also offer the data > > via HTTP (and possibly also rsync or other protocols), > > but it is not a "must". So, it is not surprising that > > some mirrors do not support HTTP. > > 3 of these 4 however have HTTP support. Shouldn't they follow the > expected pattern if they support HTTP? Yes, that would be desirable. The HTTP code in sysinstall uses the same paths as the FTP code. > Probably their HTTP server just doesn't follow Symlinks. Maybe, I don't know. I can only say for sure that it works fine on ftp7.de.freebsd.org because I wrote the CGI program that implements the HTTP access to the FTP tree. :-) > I also encountered this with other mirrors, I just didn't bother > to test them all. Maybe I'll do a small probing script and provide > a complete list. You're not the first one who does that. :-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I have stopped reading Stephen King novels. Now I just read C code instead." -- Richard A. O'Keefe