Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: prevent 301 redirect loop from hanging the process

But what if you have a mirror which legitimately has 2 hops? I could see someone trying to run something like:

pacman -U https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/pacman/download/

This is guaranteed 1 redirect already, what if the mirror that it redirects to has a legitimate second hop in order to account for some reorganizing?

I'm fine with the spirit of the patch, but limiting this to a single hop isn't enough. A larger number like 10 still accomplishes the same goal while allowing some mirror flexibility/brokenness.

That makes sense. I will change it to 10 redirects and resubmit. -- Mark Ulrich <mark.ulrich.86@gmail.com>