Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v4 1/2] package/pkg-golang.mk: allow packages to override download GOPROXY

From: Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: Christian Stewart <christian@aperture.us>
Cc: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>,
	Christian Stewart via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>,
	Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v4 1/2] package/pkg-golang.mk: allow packages to override download GOPROXY
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:05:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241023230525.1f991184@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+h8R2r0e97u77C9QzSYr_jczF=2zC0+Hz=Y73HUpVh7NGgJUw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:36:50 -0700
Christian Stewart <christian@aperture.us> wrote:

> > I'm not actually trying to modify the dependencies specified at all, if
> > the only download location for a specified dependency I need is on
> > https://proxy.golang.org then I'm not sure how I would patch the
> > package to use that instead.
> >  
> 
> You should report the issue to the upstream repository like I did with
> tailscale, they will update the dependency to a newer version that doesn't
> have the checksums mismatch

I agree... but we should have a way in Buildroot to fix the issue even
if upstream is not responsive or cooperative. So the answer to a
problem cannot only be "let's wait until upstream fixes it".

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
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