Re: [NTLK] Mime types (Mac OS X / Apache) was: Package install directly via web (UNNA...

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 05:53:15 EDT


On Wed, 1 May 2002, Michael 'Mickey' Sattler wrote:

>
> You said to me:
>
> >This is a known issue with the UNNA site.
>
> Shouldn't the premier Newton software site fix it? Sigh.
>
> Anyway, for the record, the steps I took to make Apache (under Mac OS
> X) do the right thing is:
>
> % sudo apachectl stop
> % sudo vi /private/etc/httpd/mime.types
> (add "application/x-newton-compatible-pkg pkg")
> % sudo apachectl start

AFAIK, all the sites will return either "application/x-newton-pkg" (best
case) or "application/octet-stream" (worst case).

After all this time, I actually didn't know it was
"x-newton-compatible-pkg"... so what is it / should it be really?

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