Re: Rpm download

On Thursday 30 November 2006 16:31, Todd Zullinger wrote:
Gene Heskett wrote:
On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:50, Todd Zullinger wrote:

[...]

Compare that to a server properly configured for .rpm software
packages:

$ curl --head
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/Fed
or a/RPMS/curl-7.15.5-1.fc6.i386.rpm HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:48:48 GMT
Server: Apache
Last-Modified: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:21:52 GMT
ETag: "107529d-3a07b-9ee00400"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 237691
Cache-Control: max-age=86400
Expires: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:48:48 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-rpm <----- right

[...]

I see. Interesting is that the fedora page didn't even have
a "content-type' listing. But it usually works.

Eh? It has a content-type header (which I highlighted as right).

Duh, and I'm going blind in my advanced years, sorry Todd.

What should the lacie site be returning as a content type?

They should be returning application/x-rpm. At the very least, they
should not be returning a real audio content-type. In apache you can
easily change the content type returned for a file type on a
per-directory or even a per-file basis. I have no clue whether the
Windows IIS server can do this or not, but they should find a way to
make it happen if they plan to serve up .rpm software.

True, OTOH, since Lacie is the sole src of such a utility, maybe we can be
a little forgiving of the winderz weenies (poor, uneducated chaps though
they may be) & use our right click workaround? It works nicely and I
appreciate their going to the trouble to make it linux compatible, so I
don't want to bite the hand that holds the offering. :)

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