github.tarball_from releases

[Joshua Root]

On 15/2/2025 11:57, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-dev wrote:
> I am trying to switch from "github.tarball_from tarball" to the 
> recommended "releases".  The original "tarball" setting works fine, but 
> "releases" fails to download.  The upstream release and my Portfile 
> lines are:
> 
> https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases/tag/v4.9.3 <https:// 
> github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases/tag/v4.9.3>
> github.setup                Unidata netcdf-c 4.9.3 v
> github.tarball_from         releases
> 
> This makes a download URL which gets "Not Found":
> https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases/download/v4.9.3/netcdf- 
> c-4.9.3.tar.gz <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases/download/ 
> v4.9.3/netcdf-c-4.9.3.tar.gz>
> 
> I tried many permutations of the numbering and prefix strategy, with no 
> luck.  Is this a bug in the github portgroup, or do I misunderstand how 
> to specify the version number details with "releases"?  Or something else?

There are no uploaded assets attached to that release; all that's listed 
are the auto-generated tarballs. So you'll have to use 'archive'.

- Josh