Enter code here... As one of the multitudes stuck behind a corporate firewall, I'm attempting to find a work-around for using the WinRPM package (see this issue: https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/WinRPM.jl/issues/40).
In the process, I have uncovered some unusual behavior in the run command - it appears to be inserting spurious "\r" tokens into the return string. Specifically, I am attempting to implement tkelman's suggestion of replacing the download function in WinRPM.jl with a call to the command readstring(`powershell -Command "(new-object net.webclient).DownloadString(\"$source\")"`) When I run this command directly in powershell, it works fine. The call: PS D:> (new-object net.webclient).DownloadString( "https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml"; ) outputs: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <repomd xmlns="http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo"; xmlns:rpm= "http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/rpm";> <revision>1476324538</revision> <tags> <repo> obsrepository://build.opensuse.org/windows:mingw:win32/openSUSE_13.2</repo> </tags> <data type="filelists"> <checksum type="sha256"> 362593bb130a5619226350c66aa68aeca30abe84e95756d8e12ca3e511daa0f1</checksum> <open-checksum type="sha256"> cc48185bdbc5003f12311d447ea013209bc6da642960e4477dba36fdf34bebca </open-checksum> <location href= "repodata/362593bb130a5619226350c66aa68aeca30abe84e95756d8e12ca3e511daa0f1-filelists.xml.gz" /> <timestamp>1476324543</timestamp> <size>1296372</size> <open-size>20002367</open-size> </data> <data type="other"> <checksum type="sha256"> 4f7e3bc3ef333c833a261b3c6587026fae78affc9acff97eaf1e7bc52b791b83</checksum> <open-checksum type="sha256"> 17a5e12a0aa74c9f63f702cef354bc6ebe3b26b5eb7c5f9e7911e90f1e918bb1 </open-checksum> <location href= "repodata/4f7e3bc3ef333c833a261b3c6587026fae78affc9acff97eaf1e7bc52b791b83-other.xml.gz" /> <timestamp>1476324543</timestamp> <size>149321</size> <open-size>916739</open-size> </data> <data type="primary"> <checksum type="sha256"> 1fd9c3d32946a500a759cd90dbaf1b5e93f979d88b7631d7d8a08a8a6ef6aa6b</checksum> <open-checksum type="sha256"> 411874cbb061a17b86f0984ca58b4eed8724e1955ff0245787075b8d6091a17a </open-checksum> <location href= "repodata/1fd9c3d32946a500a759cd90dbaf1b5e93f979d88b7631d7d8a08a8a6ef6aa6b-primary.xml.gz" /> <timestamp>1476324543</timestamp> <size>397298</size> <open-size>3647955</open-size> </data> </repomd> However, that same call in julia: source = " https://cache.julialang.org/http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/windows:/mingw:/win32/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml"; readstring(`powershell -Command "(new-object net.webclient).DownloadString(\"$source\")"`) outputs: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <repomd xmlns="http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo"; xmlns:rpm= "http://linux.duk e.edu/metadata/rpm"> <revision>1476324538</revision> <tags> <repo> obsrepository://build.opensuse.org/windows:mingw:win32/openSUSE_13.2</ repo> </tags> <data type="filelists"> <checksum type="sha256"> 362593bb130a5619226350c66aa68aeca30abe84e95756d8e12ca 3e511daa0f1</checksum> <open-checksum type="sha256"> cc48185bdbc5003f12311d447ea013209bc6da642960e447 7dba36fdf34bebca</open-checksum> <location href= "repodata/362593bb130a5619226350c66aa68aeca30abe84e95756d8e12c a3e511daa0f1-filelists.xml.gz"/> <timestamp>1476324543</timestamp> <size>1296372</size> <open-size>20002367</open-size> </data> <data type="other"> <checksum type="sha256"> 4f7e3bc3ef333c833a261b3c6587026fae78affc9acff97eaf1e7 bc52b791b83</checksum> <open-checksum type="sha256"> 17a5e12a0aa74c9f63f702cef354bc6ebe3b26b5eb7c5f9e 7911e90f1e918bb1</open-checksum> <location href= "repodata/4f7e3bc3ef333c833a261b3c6587026fae78affc9acff97eaf1e 7bc52b791b83-other.xml.gz"/> <timestamp>1476324543</timestamp> <size>149321</size> <open-size>916739</open-size> </data> <data type="primary"> <checksum type="sha256"> 1fd9c3d32946a500a759cd90dbaf1b5e93f979d88b7631d7d8a08 a8a6ef6aa6b</checksum> <open-checksum type="sha256"> 411874cbb061a17b86f0984ca58b4eed8724e1955ff02457 87075b8d6091a17a</open-checksum> <location href= "repodata/1fd9c3d32946a500a759cd90dbaf1b5e93f979d88b7631d7d8a0 8a8a6ef6aa6b-primary.xml.gz"/> <timestamp>1476324543</timestamp> <size>397298</size> <open-size>3647955</open-size> </data> </repomd> Notice that the output has now been spuriously formatted to be fixed with. Looking at the raw output of the run command, it has inserted extra "\r" tokens into the return string to force the fixed with behavior. Is this intentional? Is there a workaround to prevent this? Regards, Jason Bates
