> But what if you have a mirror which legitimately has 2 hops? I could see > someone trying to run something like: > > pacman -U https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/pacman/download/ > > This is guaranteed 1 redirect already, what if the mirror that it > redirects to has a legitimate second hop in order to account for some > reorganizing? > > I'm fine with the spirit of the patch, but limiting this to a single hop > isn't enough. A larger number like 10 still accomplishes the same goal > while allowing some mirror flexibility/brokenness.
That makes sense. I will change it to 10 redirects and resubmit. -- Mark Ulrich <mark.ulrich...@gmail.com>
