[tex-live] LZMA

[Zdenek Wagner]

2008/9/28 Victor Ivrii <vivrii at gmail.com>:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> wrote:
>>    one can ForceType  on all files in this directory.
>>
>> Thanks for the tip.  It wouldn't make sense to ForceType in the svn
>> directory, but I set up a separate directory http://tug.org/texlive/lzma
>> (just a symlink into the repo, so nothing to maintain), and did
>> ForceType application/x-executable.
>
>
>
>>
>> Before I change the link on acquire.html, is that the right mime-type?
>> I have no way to test, since my browser (seamonkey et al. on gnu/linux)
>> does not add .txt extensions.
>
> I just tested with .htaccess
> ......................
> <FilesMatch "lzma">
> ForceType application/octet-stream
> </FilesMatch>
> ......................
>
> At least on Mac Safari does not attempt to display file anymore and
> does not add txt
>
> Still one needs (after downloading) to chmod a+x and change name to lzma f
>
> As long as you do not have any other files but  *lzma* in the
> directory you do not need
> <FilesMatch "lzma"> </FilesMatch> envelope (which selects files with
> the string lzma in their names).
>
> PS It would not work if AllowOverride does not allow ForceType
> (on our server httpd.conf says
>
> AllowOverride All)
>
Isn't "AllowOverride FileInfo" sufficient and more secure?

> giving users all the rights to screw up their webpages)
>
>
> Victor
>
>
> PS
>
> http://www.math.toronto.edu/ivrii/icons_php/z2.jpg
>
> is a php script MIME typed to php (so server treats is this way) but I
> can use it with Bulletin Board allowing external images
>
>
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> ========================
> Victor Ivrii, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
> http://www.math.toronto.edu/ivrii
>



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