On 1 November 2013 18:58, <alexander.r@gmx.com> wrote:
Are you trying tio re-implement Metalinks? They have become standartized way to do what you want ages ago. They are even supported by curl! Add metalink file to package (or reference one from upstream), redefine DLAGENTS to something like 'metalink::/usr/bin/curl --metalink %u' and, if possible, convince makepkg developers to add that DLAGENT to default makepkg.conf. Voilà, no one's KISS principles violated.
IMHO, this sounds better than a buildscript full of hyperlinks. Alternative mirrors should be an optional feature. I'd even go as far as to suggest just having a .mirrors file (lowercase to differentiate it from pacman files) with a list of optional locations for each source, while adding a bit of code to makepkg to go through the list if the primary source locations fail for whatever reason. But that's my uninformed opinion. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1