fearedbliss Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hello all, I've been maintaining an ebuild I made when BTSync first started for Gentoo inside my overlay. However, there are two problems that turn up from time to time: 1. I can't use the link in the front page. For example, the Linux build for 1.4.72 is available directly from the front page but it isn't available from the link I've been using to get a direct and static build: Example: http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.72/btsync_x64-1.4.72.tar.gz I got that link from the main thread for the latest desktop build: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/30866-latest-desktop-build-13109/ 2. Sometimes that link that I gave in the example doesn't have the latest available (like in this current situation). What is a reliable link that I can use as a packager for pulling new builds? - fearedbliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 What is a reliable link that I can use as a packager for pulling new builds?You can obtain static links for the latest builds for all platforms via: http://www.bittorrent.com/sync/download For example, the latest Linux x64 build can be obtained via http://download-new.utorrent.com/endpoint/btsync/os/linux-x64/track/stable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearedbliss Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) The problem is that since that link doesn't have a specific number (rather than just a -HEAD reference), I won't be able to make a build that reliable (and always) gets the same build between different points in time. So using that link in February, wouldn't necessarily download the same program in June, thus causing breakage. EDIT: Like using this link lets me get a specific build frozen in time and it's always reproducible (Like now 1.4.72 came out but I can still get this one): http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.3.109/ Edited August 26, 2014 by fearedbliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurik Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hi, I have the same problem as fearedbliss. I'm helping to maintain the spksrc which makes BitTorrent Sync available on Synology's NAS over SynoCommunity. And i would also like it when the new version would be available under http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.72! Bye,Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearedbliss Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I've decided to download a copy of the btsync 1.4.72 that's on the main page and host it on my website, is this legally allowed (unmodified distribution)? Basically my ebuild is just a bash script that downloads the tarball from my website and installs it on the machine. I noticed on the link below that the person needed to put a notice saying that this is an unofficial btsync binary? It's just mirroring though so it still official, or does it mean unofficial as in that it's no longer coming from the main site? Also if I need to put the notice, I'm assuming I just need to put a notice inside the bash script that is displayed before the user downloads the application? http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/31030-btsync-license/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfo Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I have the same problem.The version must be specified in the build script.A repository for making all versions available would be greatly appreciated. The alternative, as fearedbliss said, would be to host the tar ball ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxpoldo Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Needless to say, that I have exactly the same problem (DEB Packages). :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxpoldo Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Today (or yesterday?) they updated the btsync version. I discovered it by casually reading this topic and then checking... This will make our work really hard. Furthermore there is no changelog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurik Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Today (or yesterday?) they updated the btsync version. I discovered it by casually reading this topic and then checking... This will make our work really hard. Furthermore there is no changelog...Yes, at the moment I'm hosting renamed files on my webspace. so that I can still use the build scripts from spksrc. But this getting on my nerves ... We should write emails directly to the BitTorrent team, because at the moment we are ignored. I don't understand why the downloads aren't available on http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.75 anymore ... EDIT: Or we should post here every day so this topic becomes hot .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxpoldo Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Yes, at the moment I'm hosting renamed files on my webspace. so that I can still use the build scripts from spksrc. But this getting on my nerves ... We should write emails directly to the BitTorrent team, because at the moment we are ignored. I don't understand why the downloads aren't available on http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.75 anymore ... EDIT: Or we should post here every day so this topic becomes hot .... Same problem, same solution Look: http://archive.yeasoft.net/btsync/ And this was my nice (not any more working) script for creating the source archive for Debian packaging: #!/bin/bash# base download locationsBASE_BIN_LOCATION=http://syncapp.bittorrent.comBASE_DOC_LOCATION=http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.comfunction cleanup_temp() { for ARCH in arm powerpc geode i386 x64 freebsd_i386 freebsd_x64; do rm -f btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz done rm -rf temp-btsync}function move_dest() { if [ -d ${VERSION} ]; then rm -rf "${VERSION}" fi mkdir -p "${VERSION}" mv temp-btsync/btsync-common/BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf "${VERSION}" for ARCH in arm powerpc geode i386 x64 freebsd_i386 freebsd_x64; do mv btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz "${VERSION}" done mv btsync-${BINVERSION}.tar.gz btsync-common_${BINVERSION}.orig.tar.gz "${VERSION}"}function get_downloads() { echo "Getting BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf" if ! wget -q ${BASE_DOC_LOCATION}/BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf; then echo "Failed to get BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf" >&2 return 1 fi mkdir -p temp-btsync/btsync mv BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf temp-btsync/btsync for ARCH in arm powerpc geode i386 x64 freebsd_i386 freebsd_x64; do case ${ARCH} in x64) DEST=amd64 ;; freebsd_i386) DEST=kfreebsd-i386 ;; freebsd_x64) DEST=kfreebsd-amd64 ;; *) DEST=${ARCH} ;; esac echo "Getting btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz" if ! wget -q ${BASE_BIN_LOCATION}/${VERSION}/btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz; then echo "Failed to get btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz" >&2 return 1 fi mkdir -p temp-btsync/btsync/${DEST} if ! tar xzf btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz -C temp-btsync/btsync/${DEST}; then echo "Failed to extract btsync_${ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.gz" >&2 return 1 fi touch -r temp-btsync/btsync/${DEST}/btsync temp-btsync/btsync/${DEST} touch -r temp-btsync/btsync/${DEST}/btsync temp-btsync/btsync done return 0}if [ -z $1 ]; then echo 'USAGE: makesrcarchive <version>' exit 1;fiVERSION=$1if ! get_downloads; then cleanup_temp exit 1;fiif [ "$2" != "-d" ]; then # get the real version number from binary # BINVERSION=$(temp-btsync/btsync/amd64/btsync --help | grep "BitTorrent Sync" | cut -d' ' -f 3) BINVERSION=${VERSION} # rename source directory mv temp-btsync/btsync temp-btsync/btsync-common # create archive echo "Creating source archive btsync-${BINVERSION}.tar.gz" tar czf btsync-${BINVERSION}.tar.gz -C temp-btsync btsync-common touch -r temp-btsync/btsync-common btsync-${BINVERSION}.tar.gz echo "Creating symbolic link to .orig archive" ln -sf btsync-${BINVERSION}.tar.gz btsync-common_${BINVERSION}.orig.tar.gz touch -h -r temp-btsync/btsync-common btsync-common_${BINVERSION}.orig.tar.gz # move to destination move_destfi# tidy upcleanup_temp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurik Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 Not really a sync story, but I need support: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/31456-welcome-to-sync-stories/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodefield Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I have the same issue. I'm maintaining btsync recipe layer (meta-btsync) for OpenEmbedded/Angstrom Linux at http://github.com/imyller/meta-btsync The tuxpoldo/Yeasoft archive is a great alternative and a download mirror (Thank you for that!) but I think everyone here agrees that there should be an official bittorrent.com hosted repository. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kos13 Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I apologize for problems. We will fix it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Folks, Please see 1.4.72 and 1.4.75 builds available on syncapp.bittorrent.com. Publicly released builds will be available on syncapp.bittorrent.com in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxpoldo Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Please see 1.4.72 and 1.4.75 builds available on syncapp.bittorrent.com. Publicly released builds will be available on syncapp.bittorrent.com in future. Bravo!!! We love you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearedbliss Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thanks RomanZ . I'll be updating my ebuilds and pointing traffic back to you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurik Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thanks RomanZ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurik Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.82 -> File not found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.82 -> File not found. Yes, if you take a moment to read this thread: "direct links not yet available" Please be patient - 1.4.82 was released literally a matter of hours ago, direct links will follow shortly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 @hurik Do not worry, all released builds will appear on syncapp.bittorrent.com, just in some cases they will be slightly delayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfo Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hello guys, I'm scraping the version number from the download webpage... I hope it is in sync with syncapp.bittorrent.com Here is my (beta quality) slackbuild:#!/bin/sh# Slackware build script for btsync## Copyright 2014 Elfo <jmfl {at} sapo [dot] pt># All rights reserved.## Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:## 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.## THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.PRGNAM=btsyncBUILD=${BUILD:-1}TAG=${TAG:-_elfo}if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then case "$( uname -m )" in i?86) ARCH=i386 ;; arm*) ARCH=arm ;; *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;; esacfiCWD=$(pwd)TMP=${TMP:-/tmp}PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAMOUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}# this is here because x64 does not conform with the output of uname -mif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then BTARCH="x64"else BTARCH=$ARCHfiset -eVERSION=$(curl http://www.bittorrent.com/sync/download | grep "linux-$BTARCH" | grep -o '<span>.*</span>' | sed 's/\(<span>\|<\/span>\)//g')wget syncapp.bittorrent.com/$VERSION/btsync_$BTARCH-$VERSION.tar.gzrm -rf $PKGmkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUTcd $TMPrm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSIONmkdir -p $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSIONcd $PRGNAM-$VERSIONtar xvf $CWD/btsync_$BTARCH-$VERSION.tar.gzchown -R root:root .find -L . \ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \ -exec chmod 644 {} \;mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin/ $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION $PKG/installcp -a LICENSE.TXT $CWD/README\ $PKG/usr/doc/install -m 0755 btsync $PKG/usr/bin/btsynccat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuildcat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desccd $PKG/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I'm scraping the version number from the download webpage... I hope it is in sync with syncapp.bittorrent.com Please be aware that the main download site (www.bittorrent.com/sync/download) and the site where direct download links are published (syncapp.bittorrent.com/x.x.x) are generally not both updated at the same time! They can often be several days or more out of sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfo Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 That is unfortunate, as there is no easy way to automatically find the version number of the latest build.Maybe a fix would be to have a "syncapp.bittorrent.com/latest/" that would be linked to whatever version happened to be the latest on syncapp.bittorrent.com The idea is to place a script on an hourly cron job to check your server for a change in the latest version number. If version changes, download tarball and rebuild slackware package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 @elfoYou can simply find the latest available on syncapp.bittorrent.com. It returns "File not found text" if version does not exist and version does not hop more than 15-20 builds at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfo Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 @RomanZ I think it would be far more elegant to get the version right away with something likecurl "http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/latest/" | grep "Sync version" | sed 's/\(<h3>\|<\/h3>\)//g' | cut -d " " -f 3...than hammering your webserver 15 to 20 times hoping to get a hit instead of a "file not found". It would be greatly appreciated, by all package builders, if you help us make the process of building the bittorrent sync package for our distros fully automated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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