Hi Kenneth, Kenneth Hoste <[email protected]> writes:
> On 10/06/2020 11:04, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to build OpenCV via >> >> OpenCV-4.2.0-fosscuda-2019b-Python-3.7.4.eb >> >> This depends on >> >> ant/1.10.7-Java-11 >> >> which throws the error >> >> ERROR: Build of >> >> /trinity/shared/easybuild/software/EasyBuild/4.2.1/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/ant/ant-1.10.7-Java-11.eb >> failed (err: "build failed (first 300 chars): Couldn't find file >> apache-ant-1.10.7-bin.tar.gz anywhere, and downloading it didn't work >> either... > > You could grab it from another location > (http://ftp.apache-kr.org/ant/binaries/ > for example). 1.10.7 is missing there, too, but it is here https://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/ > The checksum we have should ensure you're getting the right thing. > >> because the download target has disappeared: >> >> https://apache.mirrors.cu.be/ant/binaries/ >> >> Index of /ant/binaries/ >> >> ../ >> README.html 04-Jun-2015 16:28 >> 5108 >> apache-ant-1.10.8-bin.tar.bz2 13-May-2020 15:04 >> 5392297 >> apache-ant-1.10.8-bin.tar.gz 13-May-2020 15:04 >> 6884228 >> apache-ant-1.10.8-bin.tar.xz 13-May-2020 15:04 >> 5011528 >> apache-ant-1.10.8-bin.zip 13-May-2020 15:04 >> 10093242 >> apache-ant-1.9.15-bin.tar.bz2 13-May-2020 15:01 >> 4495797 >> apache-ant-1.9.15-bin.tar.gz 13-May-2020 15:01 >> 5839063 >> apache-ant-1.9.15-bin.zip 13-May-2020 15:01 >> 8727548 >> >> What's the best way to proceed here? Just tweak the dependency in the >> OpenCV EC, or can the Belgian Apache mirror people be persuaded to >> reinstate version 1.10.7? > > We should reach out the the Ant maintainers and ask them to archive old > versions > rather than removing them... Should ECs prefer primary sources over mirrors? That would obviously somewhat defeat the purpose of mirrors, but since we generally only have one source URL, we have that problem already ... Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email [email protected]
