Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:29:54 -0500 From: Matthew Holder <sixxgate@hotmail.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 3 unfetchable distfiles: deskutils/mrundlg, sysutils/graphicboot, sysutils/mmore Message-ID: <443F1732.5090909@hotmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200601211001.k0LA1jLx087667@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200601211001.k0LA1jLx087667@freefall.freebsd.org>
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I have long since fixed the problem with fetching the port, I am wondering why some are still mark as broken Do not install? Bill distfiles Fenner wrote: > Dear sixxgate@hotmail.com, > > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 3 ports > whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES. Could > you please visit > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/sixxgate@hotmail.com.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual ports with > problems are deskutils/mrundlg,sysutils/graphicboot,sysutils/mmore. > > 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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