On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 3:47 PM Michal Domonkos <mdomonko(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 3:15 PM stan via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> I think the answer to your question is that the variable is sent to
> the mirror, so yes, a mirror will receive the flag. However, they
> appear to have gone to great lengths to avoid leaking any
> identifiable information. See this link:
>
>
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1450/commits/24e6fadf...
That's correct. The flag is only sent with a metalink or mirrorlink
request, which is, in case of Fedora, done centrally to the
mirrors.fedoraproject.org (so called MirrorManager) server. The
subsequent requests for the repodata itself sent to a specific mirror
won't include that flag.
Another correction - turns out I didn't read Stan's reply carefully;
he says it's sent to a mirror, however that's not the case :) It's
just the MirrorManager instance that receives it.