Bug 335498

Summary:	SRC_URI cannot accept indirect links.
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	dE <de.techno>
Component:	Core - Ebuild Support	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description dE 2010-09-01 10:54:44 UTC

The SRC_URI variable only accepts direct links, not the ones like - 

http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/download.php?id=41&num=1

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2010-09-01 14:06:33 UTC

We have support for SRC_URI arrows like this if you set EAPI=2 or 3 at the top of the ebuild:

EAPI=3
SRC_URI="http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/download.php?id=41&num=1 -> $PV.tar.bz2"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 177863 ***