Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 02:10:43 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: hubs@FreeBSD.org Subject: mirrors confused by "redirect" directives on www.freebsd.org Message-ID: <3AE61603.2060837C@we.lc.ehu.es>
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I have just found that there are pages of the handbook which are not found on the WWW mirrors. For example, if you go to http://www.uk.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html and click on "Why build a custom kernel?", which is linked to http://www.uk.freebsd.org/handbook/x2621.html you'll get a "not found" error. Try other mirrors and you will see the same problem. However, this works on www.freebsd.org because its Apache configuration uses "Redirect" directives such as this: Redirect permanent /handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook and [I don't know why] x2621.html does exist in the directory redirected to, but it does not exist in /handbook. Obviously, this setup of www.freebsd.org confuses the mirrors, which are then obligated to use the same "redirect" directives in order to work properly. I think that there are only two solutions for this problem: 1. Reorganize www.freebsd.org in order to make the "redirect" directives unnecesary. 2. State clearly in http://www3.es.freebsd.org/internal/mirror.html what "redirect" directives are needed. Cheers, -- JMA ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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