On 2025-11-25, D. Ben Knoble <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM Grant Edwards <[email protected]> > wrote: >[...] >> AFAICT, the ebuild downlaods the latest Cicso .rpm file from >> >> https://binaries.webex.com/WebexDesktop-CentOS-Official-Package/Webex.rpm >> >> Then it renames that file so that the filename contains a hard-wired >> older version number (45.6.2.32823). Then it fails because the >> downloaded file (which is currently version 45.10.0.33234-1) doesn't >> match the Manifest data for that older version (45.6.2.32823).
> I just checked the Git history for net-im/webex from > https://cgit.gentoo.org/user/seden.git, and that plus [1] makes me > think Sven just updates the ebuild every so often. That's the conclusion I've come to: the ebuild gets updated to match the "current" version, then it breaks whenever Cisco updates the rpm file. > If Cisco doesn't have an archive of past versions, then there might > not be much better in terms of strategy for this particular ebuild? > I dunno. I think you're right. Cisco seems to be doing their best to be annoying: * There isn't any download archive * There is no way to download a specific version * There isn't even any way to know what version you are downloading until after you've downloaded the file and queried it with 'rpm' (or equivalent). I found a number of complaints about not being able to download previous versions in some Webex support forums after an "upgrade" proves to be problematic. I guess once the ebuild gets updated, and the .rpm has been downloaded and renamed, then I'll have a local download archive of older versions...
