Spec file source URL and file names

Jos Vos jos at xos.nl
Mon Jan 26 16:04:01 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:19:05AM +1930, Robert Marcano wrote:

> I have to use the URL
> http://www.trilead.com/DesktopModules/Releases/download_file.aspx?ReleaseId=4102as
> the source for a package, that address returns the correct source code
> filename "trilead-ssh2-build213.zip". but rpmbuild is not able to find that
> name because it is not part of the URL, I think the only way to fix this is
> to not use the real URL and only add it as a Spec file comment, am I right?

Yes.

B.t.w. I don't know if there are Fedora guidelines for this,
but RPM-wise this is correct.

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