OT: erldoc isn't redirecting properly

[Loïc Hoguin]

I mentioned it last week on IRC but I guess you're not on there. :-)

On 30/10/2019 08:42, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 08:04:55AM +0100, Marc Worrell wrote:
>> It is a configuration error.
>> That some browsers still work is only because they cached a previous correct redirect.
> 
> Spot on!
> 
> When transferring to the new server we forgot the old /erldoc redirect.
> 
> The newer http://erlang.org/doc/search works, and the caching in my browser
> tricked me into believing that http://erlang.org/erldoc also still worked.
> 
> But it is fixed now.
> 
> Thank you first poster for pointing this out.
> / Raimo Niskanen
> 
> 
>>
>> marc$ curl -i 'http://www.erlang.org/erldoc'
>> HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
>> Content-length: 0
>> Location: https://www.erlang.org/erldoc
>>
>> marc$ curl -i 'https://www.erlang.org/erldoc'
>> HTTP/2 301
>> date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:01:34 GMT
>> content-type: text/html
>> content-length: 162
>> location: http://erlang.org/erldoc
>>
>> marc$ curl -i http://erlang.org/erldoc
>> HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
>> Server: nginx
>> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:02:56 GMT
>> Content-Type: text/html
>> Content-Length: 178
>> Connection: keep-alive
>> Location: http://www.erlang.org/erldoc
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 30 Oct 2019, at 07:47, Frans Schneider <fchschneider@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>
>>> For me, Chrome Version 78.0.3904.70 does work but wget also fails here with the same error.
>>>
>>> Frans
>>>
>>> On 10/30/19 7:29 AM, Gleb Vinogradov wrote:
>>>> Frans, it doesn't work in Chrome too.
>>>> Even wget fails:
>>>> wget http://www.erlang.org/erldoc
>>>> --2019-10-30 06:28:21-- http://www.erlang.org/erldoc
>>>> Resolving www.erlang.org <http://www.erlang.org> (www.erlang.org <http://www.erlang.org>)... 18.184.93.36, 35.157.223.92
>>>> Connecting to www.erlang.org <http://www.erlang.org> (www.erlang.org <http://www.erlang.org>)|18.184.93.36|:80... connected.
>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
>>>> Location: https://www.erlang.org/erldoc [following]
>>>> --2019-10-30 06:28:21-- https://www.erlang.org/erldoc
>>>> Connecting to www.erlang.org <http://www.erlang.org> (www.erlang.org <http://www.erlang.org>)|18.184.93.36|:443... connected.
>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
>>>> Location: http://erlang.org/erldoc [following]
>>>> ....
>>>> --2019-10-30 06:28:22-- http://erlang.org/erldoc
>>>> Connecting to erlang.org <http://erlang.org> (erlang.org <http://erlang.org>)|192.121.151.106|:80... connected.
>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
>>>> Location: http://www.erlang.org/erldoc [following]
>>>> 20 redirections exceeded.
>>>> ср, 30 окт. 2019 г. в 13:20, Schneider <fchschneider@REDACTED <mailto:fchschneider@REDACTED>>:
>>>>     You’re probably using Firefox, which gives this problem after the
>>>>     recent update. Chrome works fine.
>>>>     Frans
>>>>      > Op 30 okt. 2019 om 05:54 heeft rtp <rtp11@REDACTED
>>>>     <mailto:rtp11@REDACTED>> het volgende geschreven:
>>>>      >
>>>>      > Hi,
>>>>      >
>>>>      > for some days now, I can not call the "Erlang/OTP Documentation"
>>>>     online
>>>>      > documentation with the URL
>>>>      >
>>>>      > http://erlang.org/erldoc
>>>>      >
>>>>      > The request ends with the message:
>>>>      >
>>>>      >    The page isn’t redirecting properly
>>>>      >
>>>>      >    An error occurred during a connection to www.erlang.org
>>>>     <http://www.erlang.org>.
>>>>      >
>>>>      > Does anybody know anything about that?
>>>>      >
>>>>      > Thanks in advance
>>>>      >
>>>>      > Ralf
>>>>      >
>>>>      > PS: Clearing cookies does not help.
>>
> 

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