On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 03:05:42PM +0100, Klaus T. Aehlig wrote: > > > * due to autogeneration, you're quite likely to get a http-redirect, > > Does fetch support redirects? > > Yes. But for good reasons, Mk/bsd.ports.mk contains the line > > FETCH_ARGS?= -AFpr > > Note the -A. Of course, it's no problem to make an exception for github, but > at least, one should be aware of this.
The redirect is often avoidable if you can determine the final URL of the distfile. Github only uses a single hostname for tarball downloads, so there is no issue with maintaining a list of mirrors. Until recently, github required two requests to get a tarball: one to initiate the tarball creation, the other to download it. I was able to work around this in one of my ports, but the hack is no longer needed. -- Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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