GNU bug report logs - #35395
GUIX website redirections are failing

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 35395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: 35395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35395: GUIX website redirections are failing
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:40:56 +0200

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Boruch,

Boruch Baum wrote:
> The guix homepage[1] links to other pages[2][3] that claim 
> "Redirecting
> to the new page location... ", but they don't, at least not for 
> me using
> emacs-w3m and firefox-esr v60.

The links aren't broken, but implemented in a very… special way:

 ~ λ curl 
 https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Features.html
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <title>Page has moved! — GNU Guix</title>
     <noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; 
     url=../en/html_node/Features.html"></noscript>
   </head>
   <body onload="window.location = 
   '../en/html_node/Features.html';">
   […]

I.e. inject arbitrary code into the user's browser and if it 
catches us, fall back to http-equiv hackery.  Not good!

The fix is to send out real (HTTP 307/302) redirections, but the 
problem might be that gnu.org won't let us.

Kind regards,

T G-R

> This is also the case from the guix 'help' page[4] link to the 
> system
> manual[5]. Other links[6][7] on that page do work.
>
> references:
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
> [2] 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Features.html
> [3] 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Using-the-Configuration-System.html
> [4] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/help/
> [5] 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/GNU-Distribution.html
> [6] https://www.gnu.org/manual/
> [7] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/

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