On Feb 11, 2010, at 19:42, Scott Haneda wrote: > I think I am starting to get this... the files are not at: > http://one.of.the.mirrors.sf.ehatever.example.com/assp/filename.zip > > I can use curl to investigate: > $curl http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/assp/ASSP_1.6.5.4-Install.zip > > I get a 302 moved, > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/assp/ASSP_1.6.5.4-Install.zip?download&failedmirror=internap.dl.sourceforge.net > > So, the SF.net admin puts the files wherever they want, I guess SF.net has a > past history of files existing in a certain place, and they issue 302 > redirects to keep things working? Or is it up to the admin to define the > redirects?
I assume it's part of the internal sourceforge infrastructure that no matter where files get put in the sourceforge directory hierarchy, they're available in a flat namespace via 302 redirects. I've never looked into it further than that. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
