bit torrent url patch

[mbh]

When you use dllink for a torrent file, mldonkey only recognizes it if the extension is .tor or .torrent. This is a pain because many tracker sites have dynamic conent and don't provide BT links with the .torrent extension. This patch fixes this by checking the validity of a BT file in the HTTP header instead of the filename. So, you can download torrent files which are named something like "download.php?id=234238".

However, I don't want to post this on savannah because it doesn't play nicely with the dllink mechanism. In fact, with this patch, dllink will give an error, although the file is actually added to the download list. This is because dllink is designed to only do shallow checking (filename and extension) and requesting an HTTP header takes a lot longer.

But it works. So, if you download BT stuff, feel free to use it.

http://csua.berkeley.edu/~mbh/bt_url.diff

[spiralvoice]

FYI: This patch can´t be applied to CVS 2-5-28 because it uses code from 2-5-29.
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Link overview and precompiled cores here: http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/DownloadLinks

[mbh]

I uploaded a patch to savannah which replaces this one in a more efficient manner. It's also for 2.5.29, though. I should add that this makes savannah patches #3604 and #3606 obsolete, so perhaps you could remove them from savannah?

I'll try to have a 2.5.28 as soon as i can

[White_FrosT]

I still have some problems with starting torrents from an http location. wgetting the file and starting locally works fine.
Example torrent: