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#1 2007-01-04 23:51:59

robb_force
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Sourceforge downloads FYI

I didn't see a a new topic about this, so I thought I would share. I'm building a new package and noticed sourceforge has rebuilt their site. Normally I would point my PKGBUILD source to easynews.dl.sourceforge.net etc, but this doesn't appear to work anymore. I found that I can use downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/${pkgname} etc. and sourceforge will pick a mirror for you.

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#2 2007-01-05 00:52:10

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Re: Sourceforge downloads FYI

About time! I must test this to see, but if what you say is true then it'll save PKGBUILD writers and users a lot of hassle.

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#3 2007-01-05 11:46:29

Romashka
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Re: Sourceforge downloads FYI

It was always suggested do not use specific SF mirrors and use /etc/hosts select specific mirror.


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#4 2007-01-14 18:38:12

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Re: Sourceforge downloads FYI

As i am one of the arch users that never managed to get the /etc/hosts solution working, i've tried this.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/source … .0.tar.bz2

gave an error, project unknown.

However,
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/source … .0.tar.bz2

DID work and automatically selected a mirror.

So it seems the correct form is :

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/source … <filename>


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#5 2007-01-15 12:22:12

Romashka
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Re: Sourceforge downloads FYI

Lone_Wolf wrote:

As i am one of the arch users that never managed to get the /etc/hosts solution working, i've tried this.

I know, there were many reports about /etc/hosts workaround not working, but it works fine for me.

Yes, this is correct. Though I always get dl.sourceforge.net instead of downloads.sourceforge.net.
I first try to download source file with wget and then get something like http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/source … .1.tar.bz2
Then I just thow out mirror subdomain.


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