Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:30:28 +0800 From: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/wminet Makefile Message-ID: <3A0B5DC4.2090707@FreeBSD.org> References: <200011091525.HAA48579@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001109095246.J62344@bonsai.knology.net>
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Steve Price wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 07:25:10AM -0800, Kevin Lo wrote:
> # kevlo 2000/11/09 07:25:10 PST
> #
> # Modified files:
> # sysutils/wminet Makefile
> # Log:
> # Comment out MASTER_SITES and fall back to FreeBSD mirrors.
>
> Umm... this is a bad idea. :) If the MAINTAINER can't put this
> file up somewhere then you might consider putting it up for him.
> Just do the following:
>
> 1. Get a copy of the tarball.
> 2. Make sure there are no restrictions on you putting it up.
> 3. Stick a copy of the file in freefall:~trevor/public_distfiles
> 4. Wait for a magical cronjob to scoop it up and stick it on the
> freebsd ftp servers.
> 5. Add the following lines to the port's Makefile.
>
> MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
> MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= trevor
>
> We shouldn't do this willy-nilly for every port, but if the
> distfile is really not available anywhere else and the world
> will be a worse place to live (might be exaggerating a bit
> here :) if the port quit working or disappeared, then it
> should be OK to mirror the distfiles for a port using FreeBSD
> resources.
I'll fix Makefile, thanks :)
> -steve
- Kevin
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