Re: [gentoo-user] Can't fetch www-plugins/chrome-binary-plugins

[Rich Freeman]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:20:25 +0000, Mick wrote:
>
>> > Google only keeps the latest versions so that ebuild is usually only
>> > good for a short while after it gets marked stable.
>> > Just keyword the unstable package.
>>
>> So users of the stable package have to be really fast, or lucky?
>
> Gentoo should keep a copy in its mirrors for as long as a current ebuild
> needs it (unless the package is fetch-restricted).

Chrome is mirror-restricted, because of:

   9.2 Subject to section 1.2, you may not (and you may not permit anyone
   else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer,
   decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the
   Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or
   required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may
   do so by Google, in writing.

chrome-binary-plugins is not free software, or open source.  There is
little Gentoo can do when they keep changing the URL/hash without
warning.

You can file a bug to get the ebuild updated though.

-- 
Rich