Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:59:51 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /pub/FreeBSD or /FreeBSD Message-ID: <4CD953D7.5090001@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <201011091342.oA9DgF5V078407@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201011091342.oA9DgF5V078407@lurza.secnetix.de>
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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?
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