On 08/23/05 Nick Rout wrote: > 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"
Nope. You have three options: a) bug upstream to fix that crap b) use RESTRICT="fetch" c) assuming the license permits it, repackage it Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
