From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 13:59:53 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 4927C1065670 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.server1.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [82.193.243.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062908FC12 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (vpn-cl-162-46.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de [141.3.162.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.server1.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C4BB685FA4; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 14:59:51 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4CD953D7.5090001@bsdforen.de> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:59:51 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101028 Thunderbird/3.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Fromme References: <201011091342.oA9DgF5V078407@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <201011091342.oA9DgF5V078407@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 13:59:53 -0000 On 09/11/2010 14:42, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > 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. :-) Oh, maybe I /should/ register to the list. A quick search yielded no results, what would be the right keywords to search the mailing list for? Regards, Dominic -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?