[arch-general] http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/testing/ - almost usuable "google-analytics"

[David C. Rankin]

On Tuesday 25 August 2009 10:09:04 pm Dan McGee wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Aaron Griffin<aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM, David C.
> >
> > Rankin<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 25 August 2009 07:25:27 pm Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> >>> Am Mittwoch 26 August 2009 01:49:52 schrieb David C. Rankin:
> >>> >         I'm glad to finally know what the problem is, but it may not
> >>> > be helpful to Arch to have the repos killed by some configured (or
> >>> > misconfigured) web traffic analyzer package...
> >>>
> >>> pacman does not load any html web pages anyway; so there is no problem
> >>> at all.
> >>
> >> Pierre,
> >>
> >>        I know you are right, but how do you get around the http://
> >> protocol? I look at the mirrorlist and I see:
> >>
> >> # United States
> >> Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
> >> Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/i686
> >>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> <snip remaining US repos>
> >>
> >>        How does pacman get around it? Wouldn't it be subject to whatever
> >> is monitoring http requests on that site just like any other page or
> >> file?
> >>
> >>        Hopefully, the hang is just a temporary issue there, but probably
> >> every 3rd or 4th update pacman has been hanging. It hasn't done that in
> >> the 3-4 months I've enjoyed arch, just in the past few days. Hopefully
> >> the atavism will subside.
> >
> > Google Analytics is javascript. pacman does not parse, understand, or
> > even care about javascript.
> 
> Nor does it ever even hit the URL you are referring to. It goes after
> files only, not directories (which are probably index listings).
> 
> -Dan
> 

Looks like we can just wad my theory for the pacman hangs up in a ball and 
send it to file 13. I'll keep an eye on it and see if I can't find anything 
else out.

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