Arch Linux

J.

Member

Registered: 2011-01-31

Posts: 57

[SOLVED] '#' in url

This PKGBUILD has a '#' character in its URL field.  By quoting the value or \-escaping the character, I can get the local package field to include the correct URL, but if I submit this to AUR, either the URL displayed on the package page is truncated, or it breaks the parser and the following line (license) isn't recognised.  Here's the PKGBUILD:

# Maintainer: Joseph Lansdowne <J49137@gmail.com>
pkgname=ytsubs
pkgver=0.2.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Make an RSS feed from YouTube subscriptions"
arch=(any)
url='http://ikn.org.uk/Scripts#ytsubs'
license=(GPL3)
depends=(python2-gdata)
source=(http://ikn.org.uk/files/scripts/$pkgname)
md5sums=('aa1a4b8810a4630c0efb59863883a4d9')

package () {
    mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/bin/"
    install -m755 "$srcdir/$pkgname" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/"
}

%-encoding the character won't work - any ideas?

Last edited by J. (2013-05-07 22:41:39)

Pierre

Developer

From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

Posts: 1,964

Website

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

Sounds like an AUR bug to me.

---

3E80 CA1A 8B89 F69C BA57  D98A 76A5 EF90 5444 9A5C

Awebb

Member

Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,282

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

He, who uses # in URL in the first place, should be banned from the internet.

J.

Member

Registered: 2011-01-31

Posts: 57

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

I shouldn't use # for an anchor?

Pierre

Developer

From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

Posts: 1,964

Website

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

Don't worry, the URL is perfectly valid.

---

3E80 CA1A 8B89 F69C BA57  D98A 76A5 EF90 5444 9A5C

tdy

Member

From: Sacremende

Registered: 2008-12-14

Posts: 440

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

Maybe you can try URL encoding.. not sure if it'll work:

url="http://ikn.org.uk/Scripts%23ytsubs"

Edit: Nevermind, missed the last line of your post

My guess is that the AUR just parses everything between a hash and a newline as a comment.

Last edited by tdy (2013-05-06 18:11:41)

---

dots.git  +  awesome.git

Xyne

Administrator/PM

Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 6,963

Website

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

Have you tried using an .AURINFO file?

---

My Arch Linux Stuff • Forum Etiquette • Community Ethos - Arch is not for everyone

J.

Member

Registered: 2011-01-31

Posts: 57

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

Hmm.  I put a file .AURINFO next to PKGBUILD containing

url = http://ikn.org.uk/Scripts#ytsubs

and then ran makepkg -S.  I unpacked the resulting archive and it doesn't contain the .AURINFO file anywhere.

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,540

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

why would you expect it to? Either put it in the source array or tar it yourself.

J.

Member

Registered: 2011-01-31

Posts: 57

Re: [SOLVED] '#' in url

Ah, of course.  That's worked perfectly; thanks.