repomd.xml and primary.xml contain relative URLs. It appears that yum
even recognizes the xml:base attribute on <location> elements. However,
the relative URL resolution does not seem to follow RFC 3986, Section
5.2 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-5.2>. For example, I've
got a repository which specifies this:
<location xml:base="http://download.example.com/root";
href="packages/example-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm"/>
My reading of RFC 3986 suggests that the combined URL should be:
http://download.example.com/packages/example-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
However, the expected URL (from the server directory layout and the fact
that yum can download the RPM) appears to be:
http://download.example.com/root/packages/example-0.1-1.x86_64.rpm
That is, a relative reference does not replace the document part of the
path (as it does in web browsers).
Is there a high-level description of how yum combines URLs? Any
suggestions for approximating that?
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team
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