Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:25:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: scott@statsci.com Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Here's a radical idea... Message-ID: <199702250225.SAA11150@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <m0vz8iN-000QdNC@bloke.statsci.com> from "Scott Blachowicz" at Feb 24, 97 02:17:42 pm
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Scott Blachowicz wrote: > > "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org> wrote: > > > how about a script that uses the contents fo the Makefiles > > to verify that distribution is still at the site. > > I think I saw something like this already float by on this thread, but I > can't find it now and a search on the web page turned up zero matches... > > Why not set MASTER_SITES to something like this? > > $(FREEBSD_ORG_OVERRIDE) \ > ftp://where.ever.com/what.ever \ > $(FREEBSD_ORG_FALLBACK) > > Then and individual could override a default value (of > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/...) for either or both of those variables depending > on what's desired. If I don't want to try freebsd.org first, I do > > make FREEBSD_ORG_OVERRIDE= fetch this is good--saves people from ripping out their hair when grying to get a port built. the port could be out of date. a newer realesae may be available. a nightly script would tell the maintainer that it may be time to create a new port, better than waiting for someone to notice that a new version it out , no? jmb
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