[oe] Unable to fetch bootsplash, uri broken?

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Jader H. Silva <jader at 2mi.com.br> wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I am unable to fetch bootsplash-native.
> From a quick look into BB's URI and bootsplash site, it seems it's URI has
> changed (from
> ftp://ftp.openbios.org/pub/bootsplash/rpm-sources/bootsplash/bootsplash-3.0.7.tar.bz2)
> to
> ftp://ftp.bootsplash.org/pub/bootsplash/rpm-sources/bootsplash/bootsplash-3.0.7.tar.bz2
>
> Even if I changed it's URI in bootsplash_3.0.7.bb and checksums.ini, I was
> still unable to fetch it.
> I eventually downloaded the tarball from this page:
> http://www.filewatcher.com/m/bootsplash-3.0.7.tar.bz2.110507.0.0.html
>
> Just want to know if someone else is having the same problem, I tested it
> only in stable/2009.
>

the note on the main webpage of bootsplash says that it has been
superseded by splashy. We do not have recipes for splashy yet for OE
but it would make sense to copy the tar
file into OE mirror.

>
> Att.
> Jader H. Silva
> Analista de desenvolvimento
> 2MI Tecnologia
>
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