Packaging talk:SourceURL

The following metadata was found in MoinMoin that could not be converted to a useful value in MediaWiki:


 * : within this srpm.

File downloads with GET data
There should be something here about what to do when a file's URL has GET data at the end of it after the file name. Here's an example, and how I'm handling it: Source0:     http://trac.bjourne.webfactional.com/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/Gtk2-ImageView-0.04.tar.gz (except with %{version} in there)  I borrowed that from the gtkimageview specfile. Any suggestions otherwise? If not, that should probably be worked into this page somewhere. -- J. Randall Owens 11:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) To download directly, use this URL:
 * 2) Source0:    http://trac.bjourne.webfactional.com/attachment/wiki/WikiStart/Gtk2-ImageView-0.04.tar.gz?format=raw

Wrong category
This page has wrong category. It belongs to Category:Packaging.

Sourceforge.net section error
In the sourceforge.net section, the suggested scheme for a Source0 entry is:

Source0:      http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz

However, when put into practice this scheme gives an eternal loop, according to rpmlint:

HTTP Error 302: The HTTP server returned a redirect error that would lead to an infinite loop. The last 30x error message was: Found