Re: curl download flags

Alexander,

Thanks.  Even the regular http:// URL fails with curl and still defaults to an SSL certificate verification  for some reason.  It seems to find the old source under Mac OS 10.11 but fails under Mac OS 10.12. I will temporarily host it for awhile.  The source has not been touched for many many years but still compiles and functions under 10.12 Xcode 8.3.

I suppose I should have looked in old packages for this.  It is a very simple package and mine is not much different from the 10.4 version.

-Scott

> On Apr 5, 2017, at 5:22 PM, Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 5, 2017, at 11:31, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Fink Folks,
>> 
>> I am trying to create a package for a very old bit of software.  It seems that the hosting original URL for download has an expired certificate.  This causes the fink download to fail when asked to download from the original URL.
>> 
>> So, in pushing the envelope I tried:
>> Source: --insecure https://ohse.de/uwe/releases/%n-%v.tar.gz <https://ohse.de/uwe/releases/%n-%v.tar.gz>
>> 
>> to put a source curl flag in the command.  However fink is careful to escape the embedded space and it doesn’t work.
>> curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.41.1' -O --insecure\ https://ohse.de/uwe/releases/lrzsz-0.12.20.tar.gz <https://ohse.de/uwe/releases/lrzsz-0.12.20.tar.gz>
>> 
>> Is there a flag for source curl commands for downloading?  
> 
> No.
> 
>> How should I deal with the need for an insecure download.
>> 
> 
> The easiest option is to host the package source somewhere yourself.  This can be temporary until the mirror system picks it up, at which time you can specify mirror:master:/lrzsz-0.12.20.tar.gz as the Source.
> 
> If you don’t happen to have temporary host space, Fink has an area where we host sources that can’t be downloaded from their original URL for whatever reason.
> 
>> For reference the software does X/Y/ZMODEM protocol for data transmission.  Some old instruments need this for communication.
>> 
>> program lrzsz
>> Web site: https://ohse.de/uwe/software/lrzsz.html <https://ohse.de/uwe/software/lrzsz.html>
>> 
>> Any advice on how to develop and test this?
>> 
>> -Scott
>> 
> 
> There’s actually a Fink package description for this already:
> 
> http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/lrzsz <http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/lrzsz> , downloadable via http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fink/dists/10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/net/lrzsz.info?revision=1.1 <http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fink/dists/10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/net/lrzsz.info?revision=1.1> if you don’t have a 10.4 tree checkout handy.
> 
> The existing packaging uses Source: http://www.ohse.de/uwe/releases/%n-%v.tar.gz <http://www.ohse.de/uwe/releases/%25n-%25v.tar.gz> .  Does that no longer work?  If not, then I’d recommend copying the source elsewhere.  Unless the developer changed the license since the Fink package was made, it’s distributed under the GPL so that’s permitted.
> -- 
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
>

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