Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:24:07 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: master sites for deskutils/plans Message-ID: <41C7CF97.18107.1AAB4E58@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20041220122057.GF63708@k7.mavetju> References: <41C5AADF.13117.124BDDE2@localhost>
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On 20 Dec 2004 at 23:20, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:22:55PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > > plans_6.5.2.zip:plans powerani.gif:logo > > > > > > for each group > > > [~/cvs/ports/deskutils/plans] edwin@k7>make -V _MASTER_SITES_plans > > > http://www.planscalendar.com/release/ > > > [~/cvs/ports/deskutils/plans] edwin@k7>make -V _MASTER_SITES_logo > > > http://www.freebsd.org/gifs/ > > > > > > So the idea is: MASTER_SITES_ALL returns master-sites where all > > > files could be found, and MASTER_SITES_group returns master-sites > > > where files for that group could be found. > > > > > > It would be nice to have a DISTFILES_GROUPS variable in bsd.port.mk, > > > after all it gets called 12 times in the whole process. > > > > FreshPorts uses "make master-sites-all" when determining the master > > sites for a port. In case case, it's returning the correct value > > AFAIK. That should be "this case", not "case case". > > I don't see any reason to change what FreshPorts does. I am open to > > suggestions. > > If you're open to suggestions you would do something with the > information I gave you. IMHO, users would be more interested in the master site where they can get the distfiles. That's why I think using "make master-sites- all" is the better choice. What I meant by my statement was: If you think FreshPorts should use something other than master-ports-all, I'd welcome your opinion. > I explained how it internally works, and what a possible work around > is. Yes, thanks for that. I appreciate. bsd.port.mk is often difficult to follow. > I don't see any documentation in bsd.port.mk and ports(7), so > saying that it is broken doesn't really work. Ummmm, I didn't say it was broken; I didn't want to give the impression I thought it was broken. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/
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