Question about downloads

Robert Goldman <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:16:28 -0600
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I just got [an issue in the ASDF 
repo](https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/-/issues/171) where a 
user reports that the Anubis prevents software from downloading ASDF 
tarballs.

In our documentation for the project, we tell the users to grab 
https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/-/archive/3.3.7/asdf-3.3.7.tar.gz 
But if you do that with `curl` or `wget`, you get an HTML page instead 
of the desired tarball.

Is it possible to put a tarball somewhere that it can be automatically 
retrieved? Or is this impossible with the new flooding protection?  In 
which case we would need to figure out some other way to provide 
tarballs and other binary blobs.

Thanks,
R

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<p dir=3D"auto">I just got <a href=3D"https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf=
/asdf/-/issues/171" style=3D"color: #3983C4;">an issue in the ASDF repo</=
a> where a user reports that the Anubis prevents software from downloadin=
g ASDF tarballs.</p>
<p dir=3D"auto">In our documentation for the project, we tell the users t=
o grab <a href=3D"https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/asdf/asdf/-/archive/3.3.=
7/asdf-3.3.7.tar.gz" style=3D"color: #3983C4;">https://gitlab.common-lisp=
=2Enet/asdf/asdf/-/archive/3.3.7/asdf-3.3.7.tar.gz</a> But if you do that=
 with <code style=3D"margin: 0 0; padding: 0 0.25em; border-radius: 3px; =
background-color: #F7F7F7;">curl</code> or <code style=3D"margin: 0 0; pa=
dding: 0 0.25em; border-radius: 3px; background-color: #F7F7F7;">wget</co=
de>, you get an HTML page instead of the desired tarball.</p>
<p dir=3D"auto">Is it possible to put a tarball somewhere that it can be =
automatically retrieved? Or is this impossible with the new flooding prot=
ection?  In which case we would need to figure out some other way to prov=
ide tarballs and other binary blobs.</p>
<p dir=3D"auto">Thanks,<br>
R</p>

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