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#1 2018-10-28 07:40:07

johannkokos
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[SOLVED] 404 Error shown for "View PKGBUILD"

https://aur-dev.archlinux.org/packages/copperspice-git/


The pkgbuild page shows "404 - Page Not Found". I have never seen this kind of error before. Is it a bug?

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#2 2018-10-28 08:26:55

a821
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Re: [SOLVED] 404 Error shown for "View PKGBUILD"

You're looking at the AUR devel web page. The correct link should be https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/copperspice-git. I don't think the devel page counts as official, so errors are to be expected, I guess...

I grep'ed the aur-request mailing archive and did not find any reference to copperspice-git. I don't know why it was removed. You are still able to clone it though.

Edit: a word

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#3 2018-10-28 16:17:36

johannkokos
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Re: [SOLVED] 404 Error shown for "View PKGBUILD"

@a821, I didn't realized that I was looking at aur-dev. Do you think it's a bug in arch aur-dev system, or it's possible for a author to remove PKGBUILD webpage but keep the git repo open? I haven't created any aur myself.

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#4 2018-10-28 16:36:17

a821
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Re: [SOLVED] 404 Error shown for "View PKGBUILD"

AFAIK, when AUR packages are removed, the respective git repositories are as a rule never deleted, just hidden. They can always be cloned and optionally re-uploaded by a new maintainer.

I don't know how you ended up in the AUR devel webpage, but as I said, I think it is just a testing platform for developers and not intended for end users. A TU may give a better explanation than me.

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#5 2018-10-30 02:42:40

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Re: [SOLVED] 404 Error shown for "View PKGBUILD"

Did you google this link? The aur-dev subdomain is only partially functional, uses outdated data, and is meant purely for testing out the features of development versions of the website. It's 100% not meant to be used, and quite frankly it's an SEO bug that google is even allowed to index the page in the first place.


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#6 2018-11-01 07:00:06

johannkokos
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Re: [SOLVED] 404 Error shown for "View PKGBUILD"

@eschwartz. Yes, I googled "copperspice aur". It's the first result now.

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