bug#47217: generic-html updater does not work with sqlite package

bug#47217: generic-html updater does not work with sqlite package

[Léo Le Bouter via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

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I applied such patch:

diff --git a/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm b/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm
index eeb77749d8..35cf0168e0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
             (sha256
              (base32
               "1bj936svd8i5g25xd1bj52hj4zca01fgl3sqkj86z9q5pkz4wa32"))
))
+   (properties
+    `((release-monitoring-url . "https://sqlite.org/download.html")))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (inputs `(("readline" ,readline)))
    (native-inputs (if (hurd-target?)

It seems generic-html cannot find new sqlite releases:

$ ./pre-inst-env guix refresh sqlite
gnu/packages/sqlite.scm:49:2: warning: 'generic-html' updater failed to
determine available releases for sqlite

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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bug#47217: generic-html updater does not work with sqlite package

[Ludovic Courtès]

Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net> skribis:

> +   (properties
> +    `((release-monitoring-url . "https://sqlite.org/download.html")))

Unfortunately this page uses JavaScript.  Without JS, you get:

  <a id='a2' href='hp1.html'>sqlite-autoconf-3350200.tar.gz</a><br>(2.82 MiB)</td>

We’d need to find a web page that directly links to the tarball, but I
can’t seem to find such a page.

Ludo’.

bug#47217: generic-html updater does not work with sqlite package

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net> skribis:
>
>> +   (properties
>> +    `((release-monitoring-url . "https://sqlite.org/download.html")))
>
> Unfortunately this page uses JavaScript.  Without JS, you get:
>
>   <a id='a2' href='hp1.html'>sqlite-autoconf-3350200.tar.gz</a><br>(2.82 MiB)</td>
>
> We’d need to find a web page that directly links to the tarball, but I
> can’t seem to find such a page.

Since the SQLite website doesn't seem amenable to discover new releases,
perhaps we could switch the source to Git and let our git updater do its
magic?

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

bug#47217: generic-html updater does not work with sqlite package

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net> skribis:
>>
>>> +   (properties
>>> +    `((release-monitoring-url . "https://sqlite.org/download.html")))
>>
>> Unfortunately this page uses JavaScript.  Without JS, you get:
>>
>>   <a id='a2' href='hp1.html'>sqlite-autoconf-3350200.tar.gz</a><br>(2.82 MiB)</td>
>>
>> We’d need to find a web page that directly links to the tarball, but I
>> can’t seem to find such a page.
>
> Since the SQLite website doesn't seem amenable to discover new releases,
> perhaps we could switch the source to Git and let our git updater do its
> magic?

Switching the source to Git is probably a good idea but it has
additional implications: it adds more dependencies, and there’s a risk
of a cycle with ‘git-fetch’ for those using a daemon with
builtin:git-download, although a quick check suggests we’re fine:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix graph --path git-minimal sqlite
guix graph: error: no path from 'git-minimal@2.41.0' to 'sqlite@3.42.0'
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Ludo’.