[Slackbuilds-users] Trouble downloading from sourceforge.net

[Peter Dambier]

Hi,

e.g. from pcmanfm Slackbuild I wanted to download

"https://downloads.sf.net/pcmanfm/pcmanfm-1.3.1.tar.xz"

After lots of lots of redirect wget gave up.

Trying the homepage got me into an ants nest where stupid me signed up
for a newsletter in the 50th floor below ground but I still could not
get the source.

Google finally found it at:

"https://downloads.sourceforge.net/pcmanfm/pcmanfm-1.3.1.tar.xz"

Again lots of lots of redirect and finally I get it from

"https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pcmanfm/PCManFM%20%2B%20Libfm%20%28tarball%20release%29/PCManFM/pcmanfm-1.3.1.tar.xz"

The redirects for both URLs looked the same. That is why I dont think
there is a need to change the download in the SlackBuild.

Horses tend to drop their manure everywhere but I remember there
were quite a lot of downloads that did not succeed. pcmanfm actually was
the first one I finally made to download after all obstacles.

md5sum matched. pcmanfm-1.3.1-i586-1_SBo.tgz created.

and it runs on Slackware Current 32 Bit.

Sorry for the rant but I had to vent because if I had blown my top like
SpaceX did with Starship MK 1, I would look really silly :)

Cheers
Peter

--
Peter and Karin Dambier
Adalbert-Stifter-Strasse 17
D-69509 Moerlenbach
+49(6209)280-3030 (VoIP: GGEW)
+49(6252)750-308 (VoIP: sipgate.de)
mail: peter at peter-dambier.de