On 14-10-18 11:17, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 11:05:20AM +0200, aitor_czr wrote:
>
> [cut]
>
>> On the other hand, the configuration suggested by KatolaZ:
>>
>> http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan_mirror_walkthrough.txt
>>
>> that is:
>>
>> RewriteEngine on
>> RewriteRule /devuan/merged/pool/DEVUAN/(.*) /devuan/pool/$1
>> RewriteRule /devuan/merged/pool/DEBIAN-SECURITY/(.*) /debian-security/pool/$1
>> RewriteRule /devuan/merged/pool/DEBIAN/(.*) /debian/pool/$1
>>
>> didn't work for me. I just shared the one which worked in my server, using Redirect 302.
>>
> Dear Aitor,
>
> could you please elaborate on that? Many Devuan mirrors are using
> apache and they have used the same walkthrough. If there is anything
> we should change/improve in the walkthrough, it would be good to know.
>
> Please also consider that those instruction above are to be used in
> the context set by the walkthrough (See Section 0 and Section 4
> therein), so quoting them verbatim without including the context is
> quite misleading.
>
> HND
>
> KatolaZ
>
Hi Katolaz,

For people not used to apache2 we maybe should add a configuration file
for the local mirror to your walk through. Without a correctly
configured local mirror the rewrite rules will not work. I can add the
.conf file for mirror.smallinnovations.nl if that is helpful.

Grtz.

Nick