bug#17879: 24.3.92; package-refresh-contents hangs at contacting host melpa.milbox.net:80

[Jan D.]

Now it doesn't return 404, but redirects.  Does package.el handle redirects?

        Jan D.

> 1 mar 2015 kl. 12:45 skrev Jan D. <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>:
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>> 24 feb 2015 kl. 02:56 skrev Peter John Hadlaw <hadlawp@gmail.com>:
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>> I would like to confirm that I too am experiencing this bug using many 
>> different Emacs installs. Be it macports, homebrew, or railwaycat’s port. 
>> Wondering if there is a fix or patch that can solve this?
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> Please do not change the subject to something that does not describe the bug.
> The recepie has
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> '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/";) t)
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> but that address returns 404.  Is that the address you are using?
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>       Jan D.
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