[petsc-users] source download with EasyBuild fails

[Jörg Saßmannshausen]

Dear all,

we are using EasyBuild for our software installation and as part of the 
installation process, EasyBuild is downloading the source-package 
automatically, and checks the checksum of the downloaded package.

However, that seems to be broken for some time now, as explained in this 
issue:
https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/issues/4925

In short, EasyBuild is using the http-header:
headers = {'User-Agent': 'EasyBuild', 'Accept': '*/*'}

which seems to be blocked.

I was wondering if it is possible to add an exception to that rule so 
the automated builds are working again.
I personally would prefer this route, simply as it also allows you to 
get some statistics about how often the software was downloaded and 
installed via EasyBuild. So for me, that would be a win-win situation.

Please let me know.

Kind regards

Jörg

-- 
Dr. Jörg Saßmannshausen, MRSC (he/him)
Senior Research Computing Analyst
Information and Communication Technologies
Imperial College London
White City Campus
Level 1 Mediaworks
London, W12 7FP

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