Re: encoding of Mirrors.masterlist

"Adam D. Barratt" <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:54:16 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
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On 2017-02-27 22:16, Laura Arjona Reina wrote:
> mmm. But we already have escaped & in mirror_list.pl in lines 601, 621
> and 675:
> 
> https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/webwml/webwml/english/mirror/mirror_list.pl?view=markup
> 
> 
> 601  $sponsorname =~ s/&(\s+)/&amp;$1/g;

That's "ampersand followed by some whitespace", which will match e.g. 
"fish & chips", but not "1&1". (I assume the intent was to avoid 
accidentally double-escaping.)

Regards,

Adam