i use hurl: % hurl https://mirror.ctan.org/tds/packages.zip > xyz.zip
https://go.dev/play/p/v6Ludjnzyg_L On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 8:55 PM Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Use a client written in Go? > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022, 12:53 PM <tlaro...@polynum.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Pkg in kerTeX are created by processing and first retrieving files using >> hget(1) for http served files. >> >> The main TeX repository is CTAN. Now, there is an address: >> mirrors.ctan.org (http/https), that is in fact redirecting dynamically >> to various mirrors (this changes almost on any invocation). >> >> There is a difference in implementation between Plan9 legacy and 9front, >> hget(1) being, if I'm not mistaken, a binary in Plan9 legacy, and a rc >> script in 9front. >> >> The problem is that the redirection is not handled at least by one of >> these and I have to keep a static cache on my website server to mirror >> the files so that users can use the downloads.kergis.com/kertex/ >> (http/https) address instead to circumvent the problem. >> >> Is there a way to make it work ideally on both flavors, so that the >> pkg/recipes are indeed "live" taking whatever is current on CTAN using >> whatever mirror? >> >> TIA, >> -- >> Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com> >> http://www.kergis.com/ >> http://kertex.kergis.com/ >> http://www.sbfa.fr/ >> Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T58bb6b462ff52532-Mef7f5724714eb818e82e0bb4 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
