Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> Michael Stapelberg writes ("Re: manpages.debian.org has been modernized!"):
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Ian Jackson
>> <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>> > mariner:~> curl -s
>> > 'https://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=make&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Debian+8+jessie&format=html&locale=en'
>> > | grep debiman
>> > mariner:~>
>>
>> You’re querying the old software of manpages.debian.org which will be
>> turned down soon.
>
> I got that page as follows:
>
> Type into my browser address bar
> https://manpages.debian.org/
> This redirects to
> https://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi
> and then if I type in details I get a url like the above.
>
> Hrm.
>
> I just looked with HEAD(1) and I don't get the redirect.
>
> Is it possible that there was previously a permanent redirect issued
> from the toplevel URL to this cgi-bin one ? I'm not sure how to
> bypass such a thing.
>
What web browser are you using? A few ways to clear out old
301-redirects in Firefox are discussed here:
https://superuser.com/questions/467999/clear-301-redirect-cache-in-firefox
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regards,
kushal
