Bug 67498 – gcc-3.3.4-r1.ebuild protector-3.3.4-2.tar.gz no longer exists at http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/gcc/

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dusk 2004-10-13 19:51:55 UTC]

When performing a stage1 install, the /usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh script fails to download http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/gcc3_3_2/protector-3.3.2-2.tar.gz

ERROR 404: Not Found
!!! Couldn't download protector-3.3.2-2.tar.gz. Aborting.
!!! Fetch for /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/gcc-3.3.4-r1.ebuild failed, continuing...

After looking at the website, I see that file is no longer available. There is a new version of protector called protector-3.3.2-3.tar.gz.  I modified the ebuild file as follows:

PP_FVER="${PP_VER//_/.}-2" changed it to
PP_FVER="${PP_VER//_/.}-3"

then Portage tells me to run the following:
ebuild /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/gcc-3.3.4-r1.ebuild digest

gcc then fails to compile with:
Failed Patch:  gcc333-ssp-3.3.2_1-fixup.patch


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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[Comment 1 Peter S. Mazinger 2004-10-14 03:31:51 UTC]

The current versions and locations are
http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/gcc3_3_2/protector-3.3.2-3.tar.gz and gcc3_4_1/protector-3.4.1-1.tar.gz (the 3.3.x version is updated!!, not used currently in ebuilds)

[Comment 2 Jory A. Pratt 2004-10-26 17:45:23 UTC]

this bug is very false I just bootstrapped a stable system and have had no problems getting the package. Yes there should be an update in portage but only for those that are ~x86 users stable systems shouldnt be testing latestest software which makes updating the ebuild useless at this point.

[Comment 3 Lloyd D Budd 2004-11-18 22:27:59 UTC]

I do not think that the "bug is very false" .  

There seems to be two problems here:

*) Given 2004.3 is a fixed release , the gcc ebuild for stage 1 -- I assume it is the version described above , "gcc-3.3.4-r1.ebuild" -- includes http://www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/gcc/ .  That URL is no longer valid .

*) Option (LONG) "Selecting Mirrors" left my system with mirrors :
ftp6.uni-erlangen.de , vlaai.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl (ftp & html) , gentoocompass.org . NONE of these "mirrors" include protector-3.3.4-2.tar.gz .


REF :
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=248944&highlight=protector
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=241668&highlight=protector

[Comment 4 Jozef Kosoru 2004-11-27 12:57:15 UTC]

I can confirm this bug. I just bootstrapped a brain new installation and
I can see the same problem.
My GENTOO_MIRRORS variable is clean.

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2004-12-06 20:09:19 UTC]

added mirror://gentoo to SRC_URI