Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:50:41 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: www/mod_auth_mysql41_ap2 Message-ID: <20051022005041.GK1278@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <200510212238.j9LMctcR000735@bright.research.att.com> References: <200510211932.j9LJWvgM079280@freefall.freebsd.org> <30073.163.192.21.45.1129924035.squirrel@mail.maskeproductions.com> <200510212238.j9LMctcR000735@bright.research.att.com>
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 03:38:55PM -0700, Bill Fenner wrote: > The problem is that the ftp.maske.org ftp server returns an empty > response to "LIST mod_auth_mysql41_ap2_1.00.tar.gz". To save > bandwidth, the distfile checker doesn't actually download any files; > it just tries the equivalent of an "ls" command on each file > (or an HTTP "HEAD" for http: or https: URLs). > > If this is a policy of ftp.maske.org, I can create a "blacklist" > of sites for which I know this algorithm doesn't work. ftp://cr.yp.to might have the same problem. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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