From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 08:08:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E1016A4BF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pragmatix.bangor.ac.uk (pragmatix.bangor.ac.uk [147.143.2.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9772143FB1 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:08:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mas039@bangor.ac.uk) Received: from math2.bangor.ac.uk (math2 [147.143.10.13]) by pragmatix.bangor.ac.uk (8.12.9/8.12.7) with SMTP id h7JF7aUn008800; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:07:36 +0100 (BST) Received: by math2.bangor.ac.uk (5.65v4.0/1.1.19.2/31Jul98-1035AM) id AA14611; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:07:36 +0100 From: "G.W.Roberts" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:07:35 +0100 (BST) To: ports@freebsd.org X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-Id: <16194.13415.349539.909374@math2.bangor.ac.uk> X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: nid sbam/not spam (goddefadwy/whitelisted), spamassassin (sgor/score=0, yn ofynnol/required 4.5) Subject: packages for alpha 4-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:08:13 -0000 I'd appreciate some general organisational information about how the package files are generated. My query is prompted by trying to obtain package files for alpha from packages-4-stable (in particular kde-3.1.3 because of the security fix). I look on three sites: (1) ftp.freebsd.org/ports/{alpha,i386} (2) http://bento.freebsd.org/errorlogs/{alpha,i386}-packages-4-{full,latest} (3) http://rabarber.fruitsalad.org/packages/3.1.3 The package files are available for both i386/4-stable and i386/5-current and for alpha/5-current, but I cannot find any for alpha/4-stable. I could find no log or error information on bento regarding kde-3.1.3 for alpha/4-stable. Is this to be expected or has there been an oversight or have I missed something? Or is the compilation still continuing somewhere? Do I just wait or should I email someone? Similar situations have occurred in the past. I stress that this is NOT a complaint as I know the time and effort required to compile these vast codes and appreciate the hard work of those involved. Of course it is precisely because of the long compile time that I am looking for the package files. But I don't know who is involved on ftp.freebsd and how those updating bento and rarbarber communicate with those on ftp.freebsd. Also whether an updated port automatically triggers someone to try to create the associated package. I'd appreciate if someone can enlighten me. Is there a FAQ or other document that outlines the general procedures undertaken for producing these central repositories of packages? -- Dr G W Roberts Dr G W Roberts Adran Mathemateg Department of Mathematics Ysgol Gwybodeg School of Informatics Prifysgol Cymru University of Wales Stryd y Deon Dean Street Bangor Bangor Gwynedd Gwynedd LL57 1UT LL57 1UT DU UK Email: G.W.Roberts@bangor.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1248 382480 / 382686 Ffacs: +44 (0)1248 361429 WWW: http://www.informatics.bangor.ac.uk