yeah, that's the problem. the file on the mirror has a bad filename. anyway i managed to get it installed.
thanks ;) On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Willie Wong<[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84
