[Librem-5-dev] Problems downloading from the Jenkins site?

[Chris Hessing]

Hi all,


I'll be sending a few e-mails to this list today, as a way of keeping a 
bunch of issues separate.   If this e-mail belongs on a different list, 
please let me know.


I've had some problems downloading anything from the Jenkins site that 
holds the emulator images and other tools. 
(https://arm01.puri.sm/job/Images/job/Image%20Build/)


I first noticed the issue when attempting to flash a current image to my 
dev board.   During the process, there is something that is downloaded 
from that site.   I tried numerous times, and was unable to get the 
transfer to complete.   Worse, because of how that component is 
downloaded, it isn't a transfer that can be restarted.   I ultimately 
had to hack the script to work around the problem and get the board 
flashed.  (Sorry this is light on details.  It was a few weeks ago, and 
I figured it was just a transient problem with my connection.)


But, last week I saw the problem again while attempting to download the 
QEMU image to run in an emulator.   I initially attempted to download 
the QEMU image using the brave browser. After the 2nd attempt to 
download it failed, I decided that I would try wget to see if I could 
restart the failed transfer, and eventually get the file.   wget 
restarted the attempt around 20 times before giving up.   I restarted it 
again, this time using a command line parameter to attempt to restart an 
infinite number of times.   It took 40 or 50 retries, but I was finally 
able to download the image (and, it actually worked!).


I'm wondering if this is a known issue.   Or, if it isn't a known issue, 
if I can assist in any way to figure out what is going on. (I know how 
to use a sniffer, and am willing to provide access to a VM from my home 
to allow someone to work on this problem.)


Thanks!