git/cygwin-packages package repo http URLs incorrect and fail

Jon Turney jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Mon Jan 31 12:18:47 GMT 2022


On 31/01/2022 07:55, Brian Inglis wrote:
> In the URLs shown for git/cygwin-packages repo access:
> 
> URL    git://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git
>      http://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git
>      ssh://cygwin@cygwin.com/git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git
> 
> the web URL fails and should be:
> 
>      https://cygwin.com/git/?p=git/cygwin-packages/PKG.git
> 
> as in the PKG links in the git/cygwin-packages list.

No.  Between the URL for git access with git transport and the URL for 
git access with ssh transport, is the URL for git access with http 
transport, not the URL of the page you are looking at.

> Can't find a ref in the ...htdocs... or I would submit a patch.

This URL comes from the gitweb configuration, which isn't checked into 
that repo (for no good reason, so I'll see what I can do about that...)


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