[Bug 295037] sysutils/iocage

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295037

            Bug ID: 295037
           Summary: sysutils/iocage
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: grembo@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: echoxxzz@gmail.com
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(grembo@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: grembo@FreeBSD.org

Created attachment 270442
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=270442&action=edit
Patch file to change the host that iocage downloads freebsd-update.sh shell
script from.

iocage is using the urllib.request Python library. This library has known
issues with websites that use anti-bot checks. The iocage update command fails
when it tries to download freebsd-update.sh shell script from cgit.FreeBSD.org
because of the Anubis anti-bot checker. 

Instead of downloading the shell script, it creates an HTML file for the Anubis
anti-bot page. This causes iocage to break when it attempts to use the
downloaded file to complete the jail update.

Propose using GitHub mirror instead. After 1000+ tests, it has not failed once
as it does not have an anti-bot frontend, or at least not one that affects the
urllib.request Python library.

A patch is included with this ticket that changes the host iocage downloads
from:

https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/plain

to, 

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/refs/heads/main


Further info about this bug can be found on the FreeBSD Forums at:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/can-no-longer-update-jails-using-iocage.102599/

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