Good day.
I'm a Gentoo Linux user. That's why I'm using standard gentoo package manager (called "emerge").
Gentoo doesn't have a package for Iron in the repository. That's why I've created my own one (thanks god that it's not a difficult thing).
The fact is that gentoo packages (called ebuilds) does not conain neither code or any files of the program. Ebuilds just contain link/links using which the program can be downloaded. Ebuilds are just descriptors of a program with information how this program should be installed. Different versions of programs are described in different ebuilds. Accessibility and checksums of files listed in ebuilds are checked. But Iron has the same downloading link for all versions of the same veriant (e.g. http://www.srware.net/downloads/iron-linux-64.tar.gz).
That's why if Iron of some old version is installed some system operations may cause checking of the checksum of files listed in the ebuild. But link in the ebuild of the old version points to the archive with some newer version. Gentoo package manager has the following property. Situation when links listed in ebuild are incorrect (e.g. pointed file is removed from server) is normal. But situation when listed links point to some different file is bad.
So, may I ask mainainers of the Iron site to make versioned links for newer versions (links like http://www.srware.net/downloads/iron-li ... 0.0.tar.gz or http://www.srware.net/downloads/6.0.950 ... -64.tar.gz)? Making such versioned links will make able to create pretty nice and working ebuild and will make gentoo users able to use Iron normally in gentoo systems.
Denis
Downloading link issue
