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. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
