[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#479350: marked as done (apt-get does not follow redirects over http)

Your message dated Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:06:16 +0200
with message-id <20090727090616.GA24899@tas>
and subject line Re: Bug#479350: apt-get does not follow redirects over http
has caused the Debian Bug report #479350,
regarding apt-get does not follow redirects over http
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org
immediately.)


-- 
479350: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=479350
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt-get
Severity: wishlist

apt-get does not support redirects if using the http method for data transfer.

This could be very usefull feature.

The reason for submission is that i am tasked with moving a mirror (not official debian mirror, just a specialised 
one) to a new machine and i want to do it with minimal impact on the userbase. The basic idea was to setup another 
mirror on a different machine, temporary redirect all requests and then mangle with the dns records to point where 
they has to be.

Another usefull situation is if a mirror is overloaded and there is a backup somehow (geolocation for example) to 
transfer part of the load to other machines.

Yes i am aware there are clustering technologies that can be used, also maybe apt-proxy but in my oppinion this is 
suboptimal.

regards


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:19:07PM +0100, David Greaves wrote:
> It appears there is a patch for this bug:
>   http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu/revision/1688
> 
> Would it be reasonable to apply it to Debian's apt?

That patch got applied to 0.7.21 (currently in debian/testing).

Cheers,
 Michael
 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deity-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>

--- End Message ---
Reply to: