Subject: Re: bug#69799: 'guix refresh curl --update' queries buggy URL

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:23:11 +0900

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hello, Guix!
>
> Consider:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix refresh --update curl
>
> Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.LN8KPl
>>>From https://curl.se/download/download/curl-8.6.0.tar.xz...
> download failed "https://curl.se/download/download/curl-8.6.0.tar.xz" 404 "Not Found"
>
> Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.LN8KPl
>>>From https://web.archive.org/web/20240314142812/https://curl.se/download/download/curl-8.6.0.tar.xz...
> download failed "https://web.archive.org/web/20240314142812/https://curl.se/download/download/curl-8.6.0.tar.xz" 404 "NOT FOUND"
> Trying to use Disarchive to assemble /tmp/guix-file.LN8KPl...
> could not find its Disarchive specification
> failed to download "/tmp/guix-file.LN8KPl" from "https://curl.se/download/download/curl-8.6.0.tar.xz"
> guix refresh: warning: curl: version 8.6.0 could not be downloaded and authenticated; not updating
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The URL it's attempting downloading from contains a duplicate
> "/download/" part, which shouldn't be there.

No longer reproducible:

gnu/packages/curl.scm:71:13: curl: updating from version 8.6.0 to version 8.14.1...

Closing.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim