Re: [9fans] hget'ing from a cdn

[tlaronde@polynum.com]

Hello,

Le Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 10:07:21PM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian a écrit :
> i use hurl:
> 
> % hurl https://mirror.ctan.org/tds/packages.zip > xyz.zip
> 
> https://go.dev/play/p/v6Ludjnzyg_L
> 

I will then simply add the utility in the list of recognized retrievers
and add the choice in the get_mk_install.rc script.

Thanks!

> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 8:55 PM Skip Tavakkolian
> <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Use a client written in Go?
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022, 12:53 PM <tlaronde@polynum.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> Pkg in kerTeX are created by processing and first retrieving files using
> >> hget(1) for http served files.
> >> 
> >> The main TeX repository is CTAN. Now, there is an address:
> >> mirrors.ctan.org (http/https), that is in fact redirecting dynamically
> >> to various mirrors (this changes almost on any invocation).
> >> 
> >> There is a difference in implementation between Plan9 legacy and 9front,
> >> hget(1) being, if I'm not mistaken, a binary in Plan9 legacy, and a rc
> >> script in 9front.
> >> 
> >> The problem is that the redirection is not handled at least by one of
> >> these and I have to keep a static cache on my website server to mirror
> >> the files so that users can use the downloads.kergis.com/kertex/
> >> (http/https) address instead to circumvent the problem.
> >> 
> >> Is there a way to make it work ideally on both flavors, so that the
> >> pkg/recipes are indeed "live" taking whatever is current on CTAN using
> >> whatever mirror?
> >> 
> >> TIA,
> >> --
> >> Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
> >>              http://www.kergis.com/
> >>             http://kertex.kergis.com/
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-- 
        Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
                     http://www.kergis.com/
                    http://kertex.kergis.com/
                       http://www.sbfa.fr/
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