add 404 existence guards for make-run server

[jsoref]

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[zoffixznet]

Does this PR bring any other benefits other than saving one redirect on 404s?

[zoffixznet]

I asked on IRC, and it seems this app is not in use on the live site, but simply is a convenience feature for local use.

Since Mojolicious's static handler will already handle the 404's for non-existent files, there's no benefit for adding explicit check in this case.

I'll close this PR. If there are some benefits I missed, please reopen. Thanks.

[jsoref]

I'm not sure how to reopen.

When using a link checker, a request for http://localhost:.../robots.txt gets sent to /robots.txt.html which gets sense to /robots.txt.html.html, etc. Thankfully my link checker gives up after 10 attempts, but it's pretty annoying.

[coke]

If the error doesn't happen on the production site it's probably not worth fixing

[jsoref]

I tried visiting http://localhost:3000/language/ and ended up at: http://localhost:3000/language/.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html.html

It's making trying to use the thing not worth my time. Hopefully you can see that I can make valuable contributions. But if the tools balk me, I'll leave.

[zoffixznet]

Thanks for pointing out that issue. It's fixed in 9b72be0 fef2e8e. Try it out. If you're still experiencing problems, please open an Issue.

P.S.:

I'm not sure how to reopen.

You just click this button:

[jsoref]