Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:33:09 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Freddie Cash <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: textproc/ripole Message-ID: <20060321183309.GA18976@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <37747.192.168.0.10.1142961481.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> References: <200603211001.k2LA11IL086710@freefall.freebsd.org> <37747.192.168.0.10.1142961481.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>
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--YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:18:01AM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Tue, March 21, 2006 2:01 am, Bill "distfiles" Fenner wrote: > > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port whose > > distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES. Could you > > please visit >=20 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/fcash@sd73.bc.ca.html >=20 > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with a > > problem is textproc/ripole. >=20 > This appears to be a transient error that has already corrected itself: > - Manually going to the site and clicking on the link allows the > ripole-0.2.0.tar.gz file to be downloaded. > - Putting the URL > http://www.pldaniels.com/ripole/ripole-0.2.0.tar.gz into a browser > allows the file to be downloaded. > - Using fetch from the commandline with the above URL allows the > file to be downloaded. > - Running "make fetch" from the port directory allows the file to be > downloaded. The fact that the error was transient isn't really the issue; if the port was unfetchable, even transiently, then it denied service to users who tried to build it during that time. Try to add another mirror. Kris --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEIEblWry0BWjoQKURAnryAJ9Kwm7ht9qO8CBkow+wnO4pkA2bPgCfQHAM AKvpfplMF+vYexI0gttfTB8= =SNz8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK--
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