Hi,

On 18-10-2019 15:41:32 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> 3. Directly fetching files from distfiles.gentoo.org will become
> a little harder.  To fetch a distfile named 'foo-1.tar.gz', you'd have
> to use something like:
> 
> $ printf '%s' foo-1.tar.gz | b2sum | cut -c1-2
> 1b
> $ wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/1b/foo-1.tar.gz
> ...
> 
> 
> Alternatively, you can:
> 
> $ wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/INDEX
> 
> and grep for the right path there.  This INDEX is also a more
> lightweight alternative to HTML indexes generated by the servers.

Would it be possible to run a service that sends a 302 for the
distfiles/foo-1.tar.gz to the appropriate bucket such that manual
fetching doesn't require to calculate the hash?

I prototyped this myself for distfiles.prefix, and seems like a nice
guesture for at least the transition period?

Thanks,
Fabian


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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level