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Date:      Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:46:53 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, fenner@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports: 2 unfetchable distfiles: x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf, x11-toolkits/jdic
Message-ID:  <804EC819-6FA0-4DFC-B978-BDC8DEE3E3A1@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070621172732.GH19491@graf.pompo.net>
References:  <200706211004.l5LA4UQJ086203@freefall.freebsd.org> <20070621172732.GH19491@graf.pompo.net>

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On Jun 21, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le Jeu 21 jui 07 =E0 12:04:30 +0200, Bill "distfiles" Fenner =20
> <fenner@freebsd.org>
>  =E9crivait :
>> Dear thierry@freebsd.org,
>>
>> 	You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 2 ports
>> whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES.  Could
>> you please visit
>>
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/thierry@freebsd.org.html
>
> It seems that the reminder has a problem with https URL: both of them
> get the error
>
> 500 Can't locate object method "new" via package =20
> "LWP::Protocol::https::Socket" (perhaps you forgot to load =20
> "LWP::Protocol::https::Socket"?)
>
> Ref.:
> <http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/x11-=20
> fonts.html#liberation-fonts-ttf>
> <http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/x11-toolkits.html#jdic>;

This is a good analysis, however, it is at least arguable that port =20
maintainers should try to make distfiles available without needing =20
SSL...  :-)

--=20
-Chuck




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