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Date:      Tue, 12 Oct 1999 17:06:10 -0500
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@lovett.com>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports/14287: Fix distfile survey for databases/cdb
Message-ID:  <19991012170610.Y2398@lovett.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910121359140.35082-100000@guru.phone.net>
References:  <199910121830.LAA09294@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910121359140.35082-100000@guru.phone.net>

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On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 02:06:52PM -0700, Mike Meyer wrote:
> 
> Note that in HTTP/1.2, "Moved Temporarily" has changed to "Found",
> which more correctly describes the use that pobox is making of
> it. Unless there's strong evidence that that pobox account is going
> away, I'd say they should be left that way.

I'm looking at this from the perspective of an overall 'failure'
(perhaps too strong a word, RealJob[tm] is interfering :)

What we have here is a situation where any one of a number of possible
fixes can be applied to correct the situation, namely that the distfile
survey is flagging a false-positive failure for this port.

The options are as follows:

	1. use the pobox.com URLs (in both places), and con^Wcontact
	   Bill to make the appropriate modifications to handle the
	   302 redirect message

	2. use the uic.edu URLs (in both places)

I honestly don't mind either way -- the 'problem' gets solved with
both approaches.  What does bug me (a little bit), is the inconsistent
use of pobox.com/uic.edu in the port.  Hence the PR.

At least now there's a PR that can be tracked until the appropriate
solution is implemented, further improving the quality (albeit by a
miniscule amount :) of the awesome ports tree and associated
management tools.

Enjoy,

-aDe

-- 
Ade Lovett, Austin, TX.


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