On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 04:53:05PM +0300, Penguin Lover Arttu V. squawked: > On 9/7/09, Willie Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:19:09PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: > >> when i am trying to d/l the dmg2img ebuild, i found that the filename > >> trying to d/l is 'download?dmg2img-1.6.tar.gz'. since th '?' mark has > >> special mean in http/ftp, i cannot d/l the file. i have check many > >> mirrors around the world, the results are the same. i think there's > >> some wrong on the author's server, which cause this wrong filename. > >> could someone here fix this? > > > > So your really should be trying to download > > > > http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?dmg2img-1.6.1.tar.gz > > My guess was that OP meant that Gentoo Mirrors don't seem to carry the > file, even if it is still directly downloadable? > > Over here portage tries downloading it from mirrors first (naturally), > gets 404s and then goes for the real source. So, maybe OP has a gentoo > mirror available nearby (in network topology) and just wants to reduce > wasted international traffic?
Ah, I didn't understand the OP correctly. I thought he was just looking at the ebuild and trying to download the package manually. Hum, it looks like that on the mirrors, the file is stored as 'download.pl?dmg2img-1.6.tar.gz', which may cause a problem. I think you should file a bug! Maybe tell them to change SRC_URI to something like SRC_URI="http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?${P}.tar.gz mirror://gentoo/download.pl%3f${P}.tar.gz" So the the link to the version on the mirror works. Also... another thought. Don't know if it works: I vaguely remember something in EAPI-2 that may fix this problem, http://ciaranm.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/eapi-2-src_uri-arrows/ It may not get acted on just yet, but it maybe better for the future. So perhaps you can try mentioning it in your bug :) W -- "The whole thing is silly, but follow the next step and we'll move on." ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1004 days, 13:26
