There is another option, which is to host "our" lgpl.txt in fink's sourceforge space. We've done that before when a checksum changed unexpectedly -- its tricky to change the file on the fink mirrors without changing the filename. The only change in info files would be to redirect the Source to mirror:sourceforge:fink/lgpl.txt (Note that this use of mirror is confusingly different from fink's own source mirroring system.)
The file should probably go in the "mirror" section of our sourceforge file release pages. It's a bit tricky to figure out how to use SF's file release system these days, so if you have trouble, I can try to do it. Let me know. -- Dave On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:38 AM, monipol wrote: > Hello all, > > I've just noticed there's a mismatch between finkmirrors.net's and > gnu.org's lgpl.txt. Our lgpl.txt in finkmirrors.net: > > $ grep " $" lgpl.fink.txt > 0. Additional Definitions. > Version. > $ > > And the one at gnu.org: > > $ grep " $" lgpl.gnu.txt > $ > > leading to > > $ diff lgpl.fink.txt lgpl.gnu.txt > 13c13 > < 0. Additional Definitions. > --- >> 0. Additional Definitions. > 114c114 > < Version. > --- >> Version. > $ > > and different checksums, naturally. I guess the folks at gnu.org fixed > those trailing spaces after our mirroring service grabbed their > lgpl.txt. > > What to do? > > a) Update lgpl.txt in all our finkmirrors.net servers (not sure how > much work this would entail) and fix md5sum in current package > descriptions that use it. A quick grep tells me there's only two of > them. > > b) Fix new package descriptions to use the md5sum of our (with > trailing spaces) lgpl.txt. However, when our mirror infrastructure is > down (rather unlikely, I suppose) packages that need lgpl.txt will > fail the fetch phase because downloading from the original URL will > give an md5sum mismatch. > > In my humble opinion we should go with option a. What do you think? > > > Cheers, > > -- > monipol > http://finkers.wordpress.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Fink-devel mailing list > Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
