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  1. Bug #18645
  2. Activity log

Activity log for bug #18645

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-04-01 11:58:08 Jonathan Davies apt (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Released
2009-12-10 23:00:00 João Pinto removed subscriber João Pinto
2011-08-11 13:12:50 Bug Watch Updater apt (Debian): status New Fix Released
2012-02-23 22:13:30 Kai Kasurinen removed subscriber Kai Kasurinen
2018-11-24 20:05:10 Ashutosh Kumar description Problem: apt considers 3xx HTTP server responses the Reproducability: Always Solution: Make apt's HTTP method follow redirects Discussion: I want to set up a package repository on my home (cable modem-based) server that can scale to many Internet clients. Since my use is non-commercial, the Coral Cache <http://www.coralcdn.org/> can be used to distribute the package files. I want to count downloads, so I can get a sense of how popular my packages are. So, I want to store my package files in an HTTP-accessible directory and have Apache redirect packages to the Coralized URL. That way, a client's apt-get install with hit my server, which will return a "302 Found" redirect to the Coral cache; I count package hits without serving the huge files. Unfortunately, apt doesn't handle redirects at all; it treats all 3xx HTTP responses from the web server as errors. I have a blog entry here - http://blogs.jhu.edu/users/paulproteus/18033.html - where I give a tiny bit more detail, but I think this bug report is adequate. Problem: apt considers 3xx HTTP server responses the Reproducability: Always Solution: Make apt's HTTP method follow redirects Discussion: I want to set up a package repository on my home (cable modem-based) server that can scale to many Internet clients. Since my use is non-commercial, the Coral Cache <http://www.coralcdn.org/> can be used to distribute the package files. I want to count downloads, so I can get a sense of how popular my packages are. So, I want to store my package files in an HTTP-accessible directory and have Apache redirect packages to the Coralized URL. That way, a client's apt-get install with hit my server, which will return a "302 Found" redirect to the Coral cache; I count package hits without serving the huge files. Unfortunately, apt doesn't handle redirects at all; it treats all 3xx HTTP responses from the web server as errors. I have a blog entry here - http://blogs.jhu.edu/users/paulproteus/18033.html - where I give a tiny bit more detail, but I think this bug report is adequate.