Re: Bug#114565: apt not supporting 301 responses?
On 5 Oct 2001, Stephen Zander wrote:
> The problem is that apt doesn't handle 301 status and complains that
> it can't find the necessary Package files. Obviously, I can edit
> sources.list to point to the new localtion but I'm rather suprised
> that apt is not performing the second request in response to the 301
> status.
It is a deliberate limitation. The sources.list should point to the exact
URL that is being used. In the past we have seen apache servers configured
with things like mod_spelling which can generate redirects to packages of
different verions, etc.
Jason
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