Re: [PATCH 5/5] gnu: Add emacs-mmm-mode

[Mark H Weaver]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès (2015-07-04 18:16 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> I think I've found a problem with downloading packages from melpa-stable
>>> (probably the same will be with 'melpa', but I don't know).  I tried to
>>> build this 'emacs-mmm-mode' package but it failed because
>>> <http://stable.melpa.org/packages/mmm-mode-0.5.2.tar> does not exist
>>> anymore (because the current version is 0.5.4).
>>
>> If tarball deletion or renaming is common on MELPA, then maybe we could
>> address it by providing an additional alternate URL, as is done for
>> ‘lftp’ and other packages.  WDYT?
>
> If I understand correctly, there is no alternative URL.  Only URL for a
> latest version.  (but I may be wrong)

emacs-mmm-mode is failing to build on hydra, because the downloaded
tarball doesn't match the expected hash:

http://hydra.gnu.org/build/563640/nixlog/1/tail-reload

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starting download of 
`/gnu/store/gdwf9rsqvvqqb77qkgpp94w8k8z1i6wf-mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar' from 
`http://stable.melpa.org/packages/mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar'...

http://stable.melpa.org/.../mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar    0.0% of 300.0 KiB (0. KiB/s)
http://stable.melpa.org/.../mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar   21.3% of 300.0 KiB (405. KiB/s)
http://stable.melpa.org/.../mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar   42.7% of 300.0 KiB (372. KiB/s)
http://stable.melpa.org/.../mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar   64.0% of 300.0 KiB (439. KiB/s)
http://stable.melpa.org/.../mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar   85.3% of 300.0 KiB (411. KiB/s)
http://stable.melpa.org/.../mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar  100.0% of 300.0 KiB (419. KiB/s)
output path `/gnu/store/gdwf9rsqvvqqb77qkgpp94w8k8z1i6wf-mmm-mode-0.5.4.tar' 
should have sha256 hash `1llkzb6d978ym3zv3yfzwj0w5zzmmj3ksrm5swrx1papxcnqnkb9', 
instead has `1kjc41nlsf7qxmmy9mrzk6myinjvc550zl5ia0ivvdz945x39yay'
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What went wrong here?

      Mark