haskell / haskell/hackage-server
Running without a separate user content instance requires abuse of command line options.
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0. I wish to run a local instance of a Hackage server. This is a trusted environment, so I see no need for a separate user content instance.
1. However, the flags `required-base-host-header` and `user-content-uri` are required.
2. Moreover, when they are set all to the same value, say `localhost:1024`, any request to user content will result in an infinite 301 redirect due to the logic of the function `Distribution.Server.Framework.ServerEnv.requireUserContent`.
This problem can be overcome by setting `required-base-host-header` to a nonsensical value. Any string other than the true base host header would do.
I think this should be re-designed. Either the problematic options should be made optional, or an equality check should be added to the problematic logic.
This is the exact command I am running:
``` sh
hackage-server run --static-dir datafiles --user-content-uri 'http://localhost:1024' --base-uri 'http://localhost:1024' --required-base-host-header 'localhost:1024' --port 1024
```
The executable file is built from the commit 4231f36.
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