FYI, Apache for download is not configured to follow symlinks for security 
issues.

Cheers,
Mikael

> Le 19 janv. 2016 à 11:13, Jens Reimann <[email protected]> a écrit 
> :
> 
> Hello Ed,
> 
> thanks for this input, however I am not talking about P2 repositories here.
> 
> For APT and YUM repositories I would like to provide a "stable" channel, 
> which always points to the most recent release and a "release-x" channel 
> which only has maintenance updates of this specific release.
> 
> In order not to waste space on the download area, I thought that using a 
> "symbolic link" seemed like a good idea.
> 
> Jens
> 
> On 01/19/2016 11:08 AM, Ed Merks wrote:
>> Jens,
>> 
>> Yes, I don't think you can serve a file that's a link.
>> 
>> If you're trying to implement a repository that's a moving target, a better 
>> approach is to specify it as a composite that composes a single child, and 
>> update that composite to point at the new child each time (rather than 
>> updating the symbolic link to point at a new repository each time).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 19/01/2016 11:01 AM, Jens Reimann wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I just seem to have troubles using symbolic links on the download area.
>>> 
>>> I would like to make a simple link "current" -> "v1.2.3".
>>> 
>>> I can access it with "sftp" logging in to "build.eclipse.org".
>>> 
>>> But when I access any file with that link from "download.eclipse.org" I
>>> get the following message:
>>> 
>>> ----------------
>>> Access Forbidden
>>> The file permissions are either wrong, or there is no default index file
>>> for this directory.
>>> 
>>> Please consider filing a bug against the project to let them know.
>>> ----------------
>>> 
>>> Any ideas what is wrong?
>>> 
>>> Jens
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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