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Date:      Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:07:56 +0200
From:      "Andreas Heil" <andreas@heil-privat.de>
To:        <ports@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: games/nwnusers
Message-ID:  <000801c6ea43$e6932830$1417a8c0@andreas>
In-Reply-To: <200610071000.k97A0bGl036185@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Hi. I'll correct it as soon as possible. (This weekend)

Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill "distfiles" Fenner [mailto:fenner@FreeBSD.Org] 
> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:01 PM
> To: ah@linux-hq.de
> Subject: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: games/nwnusers
> 
> Dear ah@linux-hq.de,
> 
> 	You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port
> whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES.  Could
> you please visit
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ah@linux-hq.de.html
> 
> and correct the problems listed there?  The individual port with
> a problem is games/nwnusers.
> 
> 	If you have already corrected the problems and submitted a
> PR, please accept my thanks and apologies for the delay in getting
> the fixes into the tree.  This reminder is created automatically
> and does not (yet) have a way to know if a PR fixing the problem
> has been submitted.  Please do *NOT* send your response to me
> directly; I do not necessarily have time to commit your fix; please
> instead submit a PR via 'send-pr' so it doesn't get lost.
> 
> 	Problems are usually of two types:
> 1. The software package has been upgraded and the version in the
> port has been removed.  The best solution to this problem is to
> upgrade the port to the most current version of the software package.
> If you are a FreeBSD committer, then you can just upgrade the port
> directly.  If not, you should create the updated port on your 
> own machine,
> test it (and maybe even run "portlint" on it), and then use "send-pr"
> to submit a "diff -uNr old-port updated-port".  If you added 
> or deleted
> any files, please make an explicit note of it.
> 
> 2. The mirror site being used no longer contains the software package
> in question, or no longer exists.  Solutions include:
> 	a) If there are other mirror sites, just remove the bad site
> 	from the list.  (Make sure that what appears to be a bad site
> 	isn't actually a problem of type 1, upgrade)
> 	b) If the README or other support files in the software
> 	documentation mention where to get the software package,
> 	use one of those sites.
> 	c) Use a search engine to find another place to get the original
> 	DISTFILES.  Make sure that you don't pick a FreeBSD distfiles
> 	mirror -- if you can't find any other places where the file
> 	exists, it can be a LOCAL_PORT or you can simply comment out
> 	the MASTER_SITES= line, with a comment explaining why.
> Once you have a solution, use "send-pr" to submit a "diff -u" of the
> Makefile.
> 
> 	Note that this isn't an urgent issue, as people who try to
> build the port now will just fall back to the FreeBSD 
> distfiles mirror.
> Please just put it on your list to do and get to it when you 
> have time.
> These messages will continue to arrive twice a month until the fix is
> committed, as a reminder.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Bill "distfiles" Fenner.
> 




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