[gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[Xi Shen]

Hi,

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?


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Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[Willie Wong]

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?

Either you made a typo or there's a typo in the ebuild somehow. 

Looking at my copy of the ebuild (which I last synced, well, a while
ago. This is on a stable box that doesn't need much updating.):

# Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/dmg2img/dmg2img-1.6.ebuild,v1.1 2009/05/24 10:33:28 ssuominen Exp $

EAPI=2
inherit toolchain-funcs

DESCRIPTION="Converts Apple DMG files to standard HFS+ images"
HOMEPAGE="http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools"
SRC_URI="http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?${P}.tar.gz"


So your really should be trying to download 

http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?dmg2img-1.6.1.tar.gz

Notice the .pl? The author has the downloads fed via some sort of perl
script... so the question mark '?' makes perfect sense. 

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Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[Massimo Gengarelli]

No problems here, I've just installed and used dmg2img successfully.

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?

-- 
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establishment of a Hilton on its peak.

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[Arttu V.]

On 9/7/09, Willie Wong <wwong@math.princeton.edu> 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?

-- 
Arttu V.

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[Willie Wong]

On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 04:53:05PM +0300, Penguin Lover Arttu V. squawked:
> On 9/7/09, Willie Wong <wwong@math.princeton.edu> 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
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Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

[Xi Shen]

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<wwong@math.princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 04:53:05PM +0300, Penguin Lover Arttu V. squawked:
>> On 9/7/09, Willie Wong <wwong@math.princeton.edu> 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
>
>



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Best Regards,
David Shen

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