On 21/05/28 05:28PM, Eli Schwartz via aur-general wrote: > On 5/28/21 5:10 PM, Thibault Molleman via aur-general wrote: > > So, I like the Vuescan app and I respect the developer for having made it. > > Really glad I paid for it. > > BUT it has to be said that installing/updating this aur package is a > > disaster. > > Basically: the download urls and/or the checksums keep changing to the > > point where 90% of the time when you try to update/install it, the pkgbuild > > is already out of date. > > I emailed the developer asking if he could adopt a better download url > > system. > > It sounds like you've done an excellent job analyzing the problem and > figuring out the solution. > > > He replied: "No, I want people to only download VueScan from www.hamrick.com > > and I’m trying to figure out ways of disabling downloading from other > > sites." > > That's a shame, but there's nothing anyone can do about it if he does. > > > I explained to him that downloading from a repo or via a pkgbuild is such a > > convenient method and one of the key selling points of using Linux tbh. > > But haven't received an answer back (it has only been 3 days. But still). > > > > I really hope this 'issue' can somehow be resolved so people can properly > > install this great app without the constant cat-mouse game of trying to > > update the checksum fast enough. > > The checksums will need to be updated either way in order to update the > package. Your solution does mean the old version would continue to work > until the PKGBUILD gets updated... > > -- > Eli Schwartz > Bug Wrangler and Trusted User >
I don't know if it's compatible with AUR/Arch policies, but what can sto us from writing python-selenium script, which will find actual download URL and will check its checksum and if it's differrent — will update everything needed? -- Regards, Pasha Big Data Tools @ JetBrains
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