"guix refresh -u" sometimes 'unmirrors' source URLs

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Maxime Devos wrote 2 years ago
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As noted in #57463 (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57463#1)by Marius Bakke:
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> The updater has a tendency to change the URI from mirror:// to the
> resolved URL, which can be easy to miss when staging the patch.
>
> (it would be nice to fix that bug)
TBI ...
Greetings,
Maxime
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Maxime Devos wrote 2 years ago
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The problem appears to be that latest-ftp-release in (guix
gnu-maintenance) always constructs a ftp:// URL, even if mirror:// is
desired.
Greetings,
Maxime
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Maxime Devos wrote 2 years ago
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On 29-08-2022 19:30, Maxime Devos wrote:
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> As noted in #57463 (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57463#1)by Marius Bakke:
>
>> The updater has a tendency to change the URI from mirror:// to the
>> resolved URL, which can be easy to miss when staging the patch.
>>
>> (it would be nice to fix that bug)
> TBI ...
>
> Greetings,
> Maxime
>
This happens for the gnu-ftp updater, which is according to a comment
next to its definition, obsolescent. I'll try changing the packages to
use the generic-html updater instead, maybe gnu-ftp can be removed
afterwards ...
Greetings,
Maxime.
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Maxime Devos wrote 2 years ago
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The 'change to generic-html' plan didn't work out, generic-html has the
same problem ...
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Maxime Devos wrote 2 years ago
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I think I've found a solution: extract some mirror://-generating code
from check-mirror-url and use it in check-mirror-url. Currently trying
this out ...
Greetings,
Maxime.
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