[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Client certificate goodness

[Matthieu Moy]

Jan Hudec <address@hidden> writes:

> The .listing files are generated with the arch.cgi thing, so it really
> does not need that file. However if bazaar checks it, it thinks it won't
> work (though it would if it tried). Then it would be time to add this
> special case to the cgi.

$ strace -s 100 baz abrowse address@hidden | & grep GET                         
                          
fcntl64(3, F_GETFD)                     = 0
fcntl64(3, F_GETFD)                     = 0
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/.listing HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 
www.hezmatt"..., 179) = 179
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/.listing HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 
www.hezmatt"..., 179) = 179
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/mirror 
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: ww"..., 188) = 188
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/name 
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www."..., 186) = 186
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/http-blows 
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost"..., 192) = 192
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/signed-archive 
HTTP/1.1\r\n"..., 196) = 196
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/.listing HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 
www.hezmatt"..., 179) = 179
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/.listing HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 
www.hezmatt"..., 179) = 179
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/mirror 
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: ww"..., 188) = 188
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/name 
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www."..., 186) = 186
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/http-blows 
HTTP/1.1\r\nHost"..., 192) = 192
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/=meta-info/signed-archive 
HTTP/1.1\r\n"..., 196) = 196
write(3, "GET /~mpalmer/mirrors/address@hidden/.listing HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: 
www.hezmatt"..., 179) = 179

>From which I deduce that

1) baz downloads the =meta-info files twice. There's a possible
   optimization here.

2) It does try the .listing files.

-- 
Matthieu