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@@ -99,16 +99,17 @@ This is the simplest workaround - just disable the server error limit. We can agree this is not to be desired - in general the feature is reasonable. -### Support http header to indicate an expected failure +### Support http header to indicate a soft failure This solution is simple, yet powerful: -[Support http header to indicate an expected failure](patches/0001-support-http-header-to-indicate-an-expected-failure.patch) +[Support http header 'Cache-Control: no-cache' for soft failure](patches/0001-support-http-header-Cache-Control-no-cache-for-soft-failure.patch) -By setting an extra HTTP header `X-Pacman-Expected-Failure` the server can -indicate that the failure is expected. The next server is tried without -error message and without increasing the server's error count. +By setting the HTTP header `Cache-Control: no-cache` when returning with +the status code `404` (not found) the server can indicate that this is a +soft failure. No error message is shown, and server's error count is +not increased. -Sadly upstream denied. 😢 +Sadly upstream denied. 😢 (At least an earlier version of the patch...) ### Implement CacheServer |