[Slackbuilds-users] discord download fails

[Jeremy Hansen]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 2:29 AM David Chmelik <dchmelik at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/16/20 12:11 AM, Jeremy Hansen wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 10:48 AM Dave Woodfall <dave at slackbuilds.org
> > <mailto:dave at slackbuilds.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 11/09/20 12:06,
> >     Barry Grundy <bgrundy at gmail.com <mailto:bgrundy at gmail.com>> put
> >     forth the proposition:
> >     > The .info file for discord:
> >     > DOWNLOAD_x86_64="
> >     > https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.10/discord-0.0.11.deb"
> >     > Should be:
> >     > DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/0.0.*11*
> >     > /discord-0.0.11.deb"
> >     > (FYI: version 12 is available and works fine with a version bump
> >     only)
> >     > --
> >     > ----
> >     > Barry Grundy
> >     > bgrundy at gmail.com <mailto:bgrundy at gmail.com>
> >     > bgrundy at linuxleo.com <mailto:bgrundy at linuxleo.com>
> >
> >     Fixed in my branch.  Thanks Barry.
> >
> >     --
> >     Dave
> >
> >
> > Thanks for fixing this Dave. I was out camping and didn't have service.
> >
> > Barry, I'll get the update to 0.0.12 pushed before the weekend. Thanks
> > for the heads up!
> >
> > Jeremy
>
> Yes, and why use a .deb?  Discord makes .tar.gz
>

They had the tar.gz available when I first created the SlackBuild, but I
think the deb had simpler locations and required less tweaking. However,
it's been a while since I looked, so I don't remember for sure.

If you know of any benefits with the tar.gz, I'd be happy to reconsider.

Jeremy

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