Re: [gentoo-dev] download problem in ebuild

[Georgi Georgiev]

maillog: 23/08/2005-14:33:52(+1200): Nick Rout types
> I am not sure how to deal with this problem.
>
> Lost Labyrinth is a game I am trying to write an ebuild for. I am stuck
> on downloading, which isn't very encouraging.
>
> The URL to download the gane is:
>
> http://laby.toybox.de/download15/
>
> which redirects to the latest version of the file (currently
> laby_1.0.1.tar.gz)
>
> Unfortunately the redirect results in wget naming the file:
>
> download2.php?fileid=15
>
> which is where the pain starts!
>
> wget does work ok if you use the -O optin like:
>
> wget http://laby.toybox.de/download15/ -O laby_1.0.1.tar.gz
>
> So, i am looking for a way to ensure that wget, when operated through
> portage, will append the -O, or I am wondering if there is a way to
> over-ride the default fetching behaviour in the ebuild itself, something
> like:
>
> DOWNLOAD_CMD="wget http://laby.toybox.de/download15/ -O
> laby_$(P).tar.gz"

Why not use http://laby.toybox.de/download15/laby_1.0.1.tar.gz ?
Or http://laby.toybox.de/download15/${PN}_${PV}.tar.gz
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