On Sat, 2020-07-11 at 11:00 +0200, Federico Bruni wrote:
>
> On Fri, 10 Jul, 2020 at 17:23, David Sumbler
> wrote:
> > I downloaded Lilypond version 2.21.2 today. When I ran the script
> > with
> > the --doc option, Lilypond installs but the docs can't be
> > downloaded.
> >
> > I also tried with version 2.20.1, with the same result.
> >
> > I get the following output:
> >
> > No ./Downloads/lilypond-2.21.2-1.documentation.tar.bz2 found,
> > downloading.
> > --2020-07-10 17:15:04--
> >
http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/documentation/Downloads/lilypond-2.21.2-1.documentation.tar.bz2
> > Resolving lilypond.org (lilypond.org)... 35.206.114.173
> > Connecting to lilypond.org (lilypond.org)|35.206.114.173|:80...
> > connected.
> > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> > 2020-07-10 17:15:04 ERROR 404: Not Found.
> >
> > Is this a temporary problem with the server, or is there something
> > else I should know or do?
> >
>
> Hi David
>
> I've just tried and it works.
> Perhaps it was a temporary server error.
>
> Do you know that you can use the --doc switch only when your working
> directory is the same as the directory where the install script is
> saved?
> https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/3768
>
> Well, at least 6 years ago.. I haven't tried it recently.
You hit the nail on the head! Yes, I fell foul of this bug.
If I cd into the directory where the script is, then the documentation
downloads as expected. But if my working directory is elsewhere and I
give a path to the script in my command line, then it fails.
In more detail, calling the script from its own directory with
./lilypond-2.21.2-1.linux-64.sh --doc
causes the script to download the documentation from
http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/documentation/./lilypond-2.21.2-1.documentation.tar.bz2
Whereas calling the script with, say,
Downloads/lilypond-2.21.2-1.linux-64.sh --doc
makes the script attempt to download from
http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/documentation/Downloads/lilypond-2.21.2-1.documentation.tar.bz2
This arises from the use of the variable $me in the script set to the
value of $0, which contains the full path of the script as called. But
only the basename is required to extract the name of the Lilypond
version.
I have tried to modify the script to get around this but without
success. It could be done either by creating a new variable containing
just the basename, or by modifying the 'sed' line (line 293) which
extracts the Lilypond version's name.
I am pretty sure, however, that my failure is merely a result of my
poor scripting abilities, rather than any inherent difficulty. I'm
sure that somebody competent could modify the script and lose the bug
in about 5 minutes!
David
