Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 16:37:01 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> To: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A peculiar port; advice requested ... Message-ID: <1075713.3108904621@d254.promo.de> In-Reply-To: <199807081128.EAA02089@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 08.07.1998 4:28 Uhr -0700 Joseph Koshy wrote: > Quirks: > > 1. While the official master site uses a ".tar.Z" suffix for most files, > some of the mirrors use ".tar.gz" instead. > > Any nice way of handling this in the ports framework (short of writing > scripts for the entire fetch process that is)? Check if the master site is a decent server: wuftpd usually supports on-the-fly conversion. Just try to fetch .tar.gz. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-18 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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