Re: [OE-core][PATCH 2/2] oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py: use gnu mirror instead of main server

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, 2025-10-08 at 19:31 -0700, Steve Sakoman via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> ftp.gnu.org is the main server of the GNU project, however download speed
> can vary greatly based on one's location.
> 
> Using ftpmirror.gnu.org should redirect the request to the closest up-to-date mirror,
> which should result sometimes in significantly faster download speed, depending
> on one's location. This should also distribute the traffic more across the mirrors.
> 
> This information was sourced from https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
> ---
>  meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py
> index 3f51854e3d..ecafafa7d6 100644
> --- a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py
> +++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/autotools.py
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AutotoolsTest(OESDKTestCase):
>          pmv = parallel_make_value((self.td.get('PARALLEL_MAKE') or '').split())
>  
>          with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="cpio-", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
> -            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.15.tar.gz")
> +            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.15.tar.gz")
>  
>              opts = {}
>              opts["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "cpio-2.15")
> 

This patch is good, thanks.

This code is supposed to be using a cached copy from DL_DIR. If it is
failing on older releases on the autobuilder, it might mean the version
of the tarball is missing from the mirror for that release. Might be
worth checking...

Cheers,

Richard