[Buildroot] BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR issue in package .mk files

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Tue Aug 21 21:17:14 UTC 2012


Stefan, All,

On Tuesday 21 August 2012 22:55:52 Stefan Fröberg wrote:
> 21.8.2012 23:04, Yann E. MORIN kirjoitti:
[--SNIP--]
> > In buildroot, it could be written thus:
> > BOOST_SITE = sf://boost/boost/$(BOOST_VERSION)
> >
> > with 'sf://' automatically turned by the pkg-infa into the canonical SF
> > download base URL:
> >   http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/
> >
> > and thus giving the full URL:
> >   http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/$(BOOST_VERSION)/$(BOOST_SOURCE)
> Thank you!
> 
> That sf:// thing did not work for me

Of course not! Maybe I was not clear, but that was *only* a suggestion! ;-)

> but I tried this with libpng and
> changed LIBPNG_SITE to:
> 
> LIBPNG_SITE =
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng${LIBPNG_SERIES}/${LIBPNG_VERSION}
[--SNIP--]
> Works nicely !  :-)

What's even better, is that downloads.sf.net should pick a mirror that is
near to you (in terms of network), and that is not over-loaded. So I think
it would better to use than use a fixed mirror.

I'll submit a patch shortly to switch all packages to use that. I'll even
see if I can implement my sf:// scheme, just as a proof-of-concept. ;-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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