[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] iqvlinux: bump to version 1.2.0.3

[Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br>]

> From: "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
> To: "Carlos Santos" <casantos@datacom.ind.br>
> Cc: "buildroot" <buildroot@buildroot.org>, "Romain Naour" <romain.naour@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:26:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] iqvlinux: bump to version 1.2.0.3

> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:38:29 -0200, Carlos Santos wrote:
> 
>> +# This package is really annoying since the archive name doesn't contain the
>> +# version. Use a small trick to save it with a better name.
>> +define IQVLINUX_DOWNLOAD
>> +	$(EXTRA_ENV) $(DL_WRAPPER) -b wget \
>> +		-o $(DL_DIR)/$(IQVLINUX_SOURCE) \
>> +		-H $(PKGDIR)/$($(PKG)_RAWNAME).hash \
>> +		-- \
>> +		$(IQVLINUX_SITE)/iqvlinux.tar.gz
>> +endef
>> +
>> +IQVLINUX_PRE_DOWNLOAD_HOOKS = IQVLINUX_DOWNLOAD
> 
> So instead of this, I've added an iqvlinux-1.2.0.3.tar.gz tarball on
> sources.buildroot.net, and just kept iqvlinux download first from
> SourceForge (which fails with a 404), and then fall back to
> sources.buildroot.net.
> 
> Accessing directly the download helper is not a good idea. The download
> helpers are internal, and they are being changed by Maxime/Yann patch
> series introducing Git caching, so we really don't want packages to
> mess up with the download internals.
> 
> It would be good if you could reply on the bug report upstream, explain
> why and how you use iqvlinux, and convince them to fix their tarball
> name.

I posted a reply there. Meanwhile they released version 1.2.0.8 and
named it "iqvlinux.tar.gz". :-(

> I've applied both patches to master, after doing the change explained
> above. Thanks!

Thanks

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