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Re: Ampersand sign (&) in URL.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Ampersand sign (&) in URL. |
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Date: |
Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:35:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
Dmitry Nikolaev <address@hidden> skribis:
> But it's download URL contains ampersand sign (&).
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> http://astralinux.com/images/fonts/PTAstraSans&Serif_TTF_ver1001.zip
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> Guix returns
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> build failed: invalid character `&' in name
> `PTAstraSans&Seif_TTF_ver1001.zip.drv'
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> How do I escape & in URL so guix accept it?
Instead of escaping it, add a ‘file-name’ field in the ‘origin’ form
that does not contain the offending character:
(origin
(method url-fetch)
(uri …)
(sha256 …)
(file-name "the-font.zip"))
HTH!
Ludo’.