re: bin/47841 (http://ftp.jp.netbsd.org/ fails with weird error)

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/47841; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: Justin Cormack <justin%specialbusservice.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
    tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost, gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: re: bin/47841 (http://ftp.jp.netbsd.org/ fails with weird error)
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:14:35 +1100

 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > pkg_add: Can't process http://ftp.NetBSD.org:80/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64
 > /7.0_BETA/All/pkgin*: Host not found
 > pkg_add: no pkg found for 'http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd6
 > 4/7.0_BETA/All/pkgin', sorry.
 > pkg_add: 1 package addition failed
 > 
 > Networking is fine (ipv4 and ipv6), can install everything else from
 > that host fine, eg source packages and sets. So somehow globbing on
 > ftp seems broken, possibly only with some web servers.
 > 
 > However it is ok using ftp.allbsd.org, so it is maybe http server
 > specific - maybe a bozohttpd issue?
 
 hmm.
 
 bozohttpd does not do any sort of globbing.  it returns you
 directory listing, or a file...  globbing how pkg* uses seems
 to only be possible with an ftp server that enables globbing.
 
 
 .mrg.