lbase64 version 20120820-1 dependency issue

[opyate]

Here and elsewhere devs seem to have issues with installing lbase64 version 20120820-1.

I can see it listed on luarocks.org, but the CLI can't find it:

λ luarocks --server=http://rocks.moonscript.org search lbase64

Search results:
===============


Rockspecs and source rocks:
---------------------------

lbase64
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20120807-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org

I asked on Lua IRC:

[10:43] <opyate> hey folks, I can see lbase64 version 20120820-1 here https://luarocks.org/modules/luarocks/lbase64/20120820-1, but "luarocks search lbase64" doesn't list it - what else can I try?
[10:49] <daurnimator> opyate: use basexx instead
[10:55] <zash> no, use "mime".b64 from luasocket instead

Please advise, thanks.

[thibaultcha]

I can see it with the same command:

$ luarocks --server=http://rocks.moonscript.org search lbase64

Search results:
===============


Rockspecs and source rocks:
---------------------------

lbase64
   20120820-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120820-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120820-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20120820-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org

[opyate]

Is there some magic to luarocks that I don't understand?

I tried on my home network (before it was on corporate network):

λ luarocks --server=http://rocks.moonscript.org search lbase64

Search results:
===============


Rockspecs and source rocks:
---------------------------

lbase64
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org

Getting 3 less results, but also still no 20120820-1.

@thibaultcha Please send me your luarocks config and/or mirror list.

[opyate]

I found extra rocks_servers with this query, and added it to ~/.luarocks/config.lua:

rocks_servers={ 
  "http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks";
  "http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br/";
  "http://rocks.moonscript.org";
} 

Now the query yields more results, plus the evasive lbase64 version:

λ luarocks search lbase64

Search results:
===============


Rockspecs and source rocks:
---------------------------

lbase64
   20120820-1 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20120820-1 (src) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20120807-1 (src) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20100323-1 (src) - http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20100323-1 (src) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20070628-1 (src) - http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20070628-1 (src) - http://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - http://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (src) - http://rocks.moonscript.org

I'll create a separate PR for this to fix the "contributing" docs.

[mariuszkrzaczkowski]

did not work

debian@meet:~$ sudo luarocks search lbase64
Warning: Failed searching manifest: Failed fetching manifest for https://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br/ - Failed downloading https://luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br/manifest - /root/.cache/luarocks/https___luarocks.giga.puc-rio.br_/manifest
Warning: Failed searching manifest: Failed fetching manifest for https://luarocks.logiceditor.com/rocks - Failed downloading https://luarocks.logiceditor.com/rocks/manifest - /root/.cache/luarocks/https___luarocks.logiceditor.com_rocks/manifest

Search results:
===============


Rockspecs and source rocks:
---------------------------

lbase64
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-3 (src) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20120807-3 (src) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20120807-3 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20120807-3 (src) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20120807-3 (rockspec) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20120807-3 (src) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-1 (src) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20120807-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20120807-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20120807-1 (src) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20120807-1 (rockspec) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20120807-1 (src) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (src) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20100323-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20100323-1 (src) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20100323-1 (rockspec) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20100323-1 (src) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (src) - https://rocks.moonscript.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20070628-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (src) - https://luarocks.org
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20070628-1 (src) - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master
   20070628-1 (rockspec) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks
   20070628-1 (src) - https://luafr.org/moonrocks