Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Symbolic links on download area

[Denis Roy <denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The other reason we disable serving through symlinks is that we can't
guarantee that our mirror network will also serve through symlinks.

So while we appreciate the consideration for disk space, our bandwidth
is a limited commodity.

Denis


On 01/19/2016 07:28 AM, Jens Reimann wrote:
> Ok, thanks!
> 
> On 01/19/2016 11:40 AM, Mikael Barbero wrote:
>> FYI, Apache for download is not configured to follow symlinks for
>> security issues.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mikael
>>
>>> Le 19 janv. 2016 à 11:13, Jens Reimann
>>> <<mailto:jens.reimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>jens.reimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a
>>> écrit :
>>>
>>> Hello Ed,
>>>
>>> thanks for this input, however I am not talking about P2 repositories
>>> here.
>>>
>>> For APT and YUM repositories I would like to provide a "stable"
>>> channel, which always points to the most recent release and a
>>> "release-x" channel which only has maintenance updates of this
>>> specific release.
>>>
>>> In order not to waste space on the download area, I thought that
>>> using a "symbolic link" seemed like a good idea.
>>>
>>> Jens
>>>
>>> On 01/19/2016 11:08 AM, Ed Merks wrote:
>>>> Jens,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I don't think you can serve a file that's a link.
>>>>
>>>> If you're trying to implement a repository that's a moving target, a
>>>> better approach is to specify it as a composite that composes a
>>>> single child, and update that composite to point at the new child
>>>> each time (rather than updating the symbolic link to point at a new
>>>> repository each time).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 19/01/2016 11:01 AM, Jens Reimann wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just seem to have troubles using symbolic links on the download area.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to make a simple link "current" -> "v1.2.3".
>>>>>
>>>>> I can access it with "sftp" logging in to "build.eclipse.org <http://build.eclipse.org>".
>>>>>
>>>>> But when I access any file with that link from "download.eclipse.org <http://download.eclipse.org>" I
>>>>> get the following message:
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------
>>>>> Access Forbidden
>>>>> The file permissions are either wrong, or there is no default index file
>>>>> for this directory.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please consider filing a bug against the project to let them know.
>>>>> ----------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas what is wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jens
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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