* methods/https.cc:

  - add Acquire::https::AllowRedirect support

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89848f31c..23a0514f6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ apt (0.7.20.2ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
   * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
     - default to "false" for the "APT::Get::Build-Dep-Automatic"
       option (follow debian here)
+  * methods/https.cc:
+    - add Acquire::https::AllowRedirect support
 
   [ Dereck Wonnacott ]
   * Clarify the --help for 'purge' (LP: #243948)
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 5cc6187a8..a3ccdded8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ Acquire
     Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT";  // Specific per-host setting
     Timeout "120";
     Pipeline-Depth "5";
-    
+    AllowRedirect  "true";
+
     // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
     No-Cache "false";
     Max-Age "86400";     // 1 Day age on index files
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ Acquire
 	Verify-Peer "false";
 	SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
         CaPath  "/etc/ssl/certs";
-        Verify-Host" "2";
+        Verify-Host" "true";
+        AllowRedirect  "true";
   };
 
   ftp
diff --git a/methods/https.cc b/methods/https.cc
index 98dfeefa1..87de54589 100644
--- a/methods/https.cc
+++ b/methods/https.cc
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ bool HttpsMethod::Fetch(FetchItem *Itm)
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeout);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout);
 
+   // set redirect options and default to 10 redirects
+   bool AllowRedirect = _config->FindI("Acquire::https::AllowRedirect", true);
+   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, AllowRedirect);
+   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 10);
+
    // debug
    if(_config->FindB("Debug::Acquire::https", false))
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);