[aur-general] curl download in makepkg doesn't work for contradictory reasons

[Dave Reisner]

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Uwe Koloska <kolewu at koloro.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> the curl download for package mma fails with the following error
>   curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 406 Not Acceptable


This is because scumbag server admins block requests with the curl user
agent. It's a server problem, not a makepkg problem.


> This error can be removed by adding '--user-agent "Mozilla/4.0"' to the
> DLAGENTS from /etc/makepkg.conf.
>
> But with this additional option, the download from sourceforge fails.
>
> How can I solve this contradiction?  Is it possible to configure package
> specific download options in the PKGBUILD?
>

Sure. You're free to redefine DLAGENTS in a PKGBUILD just as they are in
/etc/makepkg.conf.


> This are the successful download comands (I have left out the '-C -'):
>
> # works only with agent
> /usr/bin/curl -fL --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 \
> --user-agent "Mozilla/4.0" \
> -O http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/mma-bin-12.10.tar.gz
>
> # works only without agent
> /usr/bin/curl -fL --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 \
> -O http://downloads.sourceforge.net/zdfmediathk/MediathekView_3.2.1.zip
>
> Best regards
> Uwe Koloska
>