Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:16:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Heffner <mikeh@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/31401: distfile checker is broken for 302 responses Message-ID: <200110211816.f9LIGKl57641@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 31401 >Category: ports >Synopsis: distfile checker is broken for 302 responses >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 21 11:20:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mike Heffner >Release: N/A >Organization: >Environment: N/A >Description: The distfile survey checker of Bill Fenner will report URLs that return a 302 response as broken. However, according to: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3.3 a 302 is a redirection to a temporary URI, and requests should still be made with the requested URI. >How-To-Repeat: Note that: http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/mail.html#xfmail reports the package website as being 'unfetchable' on account of a 302 response, but that http://www.xfmail.org is very much reachable. >Fix: I'm not familiar with the distfile checker scripts, but ignoring 302 responses would probably be the best fix. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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