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Bug 446514 - sys-firmware/amd-ucode - Should include alternative URLs because amd64.org is frequently down, if possible
Summary: sys-firmware/amd-ucode - Should include alternative URLs because amd64.org is...
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2012-12-08 20:06 UTC by Maxim Kammerer
Modified: 2013-05-04 08:14 UTC (History)
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Description Maxim Kammerer 2012-12-08 20:06:29 UTC 
amd-ucode has RESTRICT="mirror", but amd64.org is often down. Is it possible to include alternative URLs in the ebuild, e.g.:
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/microcode_ctl/amd-ucode-2012-09-10.tar/559bc355d3799538584add80df2996f0/amd-ucode-2012-09-10.tar
(parent dir is MD5 hash of the file)

Means that ebuilds will need updating when bumping versions, but amd64.org is really unreliable.

Also, not sure whether using third-party URLs (who are possibly violating the license) is compliant with Gentoo's policy on mirror restriction.
Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-09 14:32:59 UTC 
Can't. If we could use other locations we would be mirroring it.
Comment 2 Maxim Kammerer 2012-12-12 17:49:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Can't. If we could use other locations we would be mirroring it.

Not necessarily objecting, but how is the situation different from all other firmware packages that have RESTRICT=mirror? The only special thing about amd-ucode is that its URL is an "official" one. Why not include a couple of non-official URLs for reliability?