On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Aaron Howell wrote: > Apt does not follow the returned url when a 302 code is returned. This > breaks downloading via http from some mirrors (notably > ftp.planetmirror.com) Apt should probably at least try to follow the > returned link, in case the next hop is the actual deb it was trying to > get.
It is deliberate that it does not support redirects, too often they do not lead to the file it was hoping to get. If a mirror is deliberately generating redirects it should be fixed, or a correct URI used. Jason
