On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:51:26PM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > > > > > > That address (http://$1/) does not work properly, some links are > > > > > > > broken > > > > > > > (e.g. /Bugs/db/ix/maintainers.html). > > > > > > The translation you are reading isn't synchronized with the English > > > > > > version, > > > > > > which no longer contains the broken links. > > > > > Uhm.. the old bug report URLS don't work anymore? > > > > Most of them don't, unfortunately. > > > > > > That's very bad. There's an ancient adage, told by father webmaster to > > > their sons webmasters: "URLs are permanent". > > > > > > In potato there is at least one tool (bugview, I don't know about > > > reportbug) that is now broken due to this. I have received one report > > > already. > > > > I'll see if I can set up some rewrite rules to new locations. However, it > > might not be possible for most things. > > Just for the packages' pages would be enough...
I tried it, and it worked (this is my second ever try at writing rewrite rules): RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/Bugs/db/pa/l([^/]+).html$ http://bugs.debian.org/$1 RewriteRule ^/Bugs/db/[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]/([[:digit:]][[:digit:]][[:digit:]]+).html$ http://bugs.debian.org/$1 -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
