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

["Arttu V." <arttuv69@gmail.com>]

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.