[Nix-dev] [nixpkgs] update Dropbox to 1.4.0

[Michel Alexandre Salim]

Hi.

The currently available nixpkg for Dropbox is broken -- it uses a
download URL that redirects to the latest version, and thus the checksum
is mismatched as soon as a newer version is out.

I've modified the expression to now download the specific version the
expression knows of, and bump it up to the latest 1.4.0 release; please
find the patch attached. The modified expression has been tested locally.

Best regards,

-- 
Michel Alexandre Salim

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From: Michel Alexandre Salim <michel at sylvestre.me>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 18:10:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update Dropbox to 1.4.0

---
 pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox/default.nix |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox/default.nix
index f8d97a4..f1a906f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox/default.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ assert stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
 
 let
 
-  version = "1.2.52";
-  sha256 = "72aeaf00727da9f3fe39386dcf883bb303de928ba43c738fcc5bb62b93eca252";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+  sha256 = "93933d95cce5956ed99342fa342d01ce2bde8d2e4339afb97f23e0c0ec98875e";
 
   # relative location where the dropbox libraries are stored
   appdir = "opt/dropbox";
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "dropbox-${version}-bin";
   src = fetchurl {
     name = "dropbox-${version}.tar.gz";
-    url = "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64";
+    # using version-specific URL so if the version is no longer available,
+    # build will fail without having to finish downloading first
+    # url = "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64";
+    url = "http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-${version}.tar.gz";
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
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1.7.9.5