Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:48:29 -0600 From: "Matthew Holder" <sixxgate@hotmail.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.Org Subject: RE: FreeBSD ports: 3 unfetchable distfiles: deskutils/mrundlg, sysutils/graphicbo Message-ID: <BAY102-F266366353EE7C6175E7C41C2120@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <200601211001.k0LA1jLx087667@freefall.freebsd.org>
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I have fixed the problem. >From: fenner@FreeBSD.Org (Bill "distfiles" Fenner) >Reply-To: ports@FreeBSD.Org >To: sixxgate@hotmail.com >Subject: FreeBSD ports: 3 unfetchable distfiles: >deskutils/mrundlg,sysutils/graphicboot,sysutils/mmore >Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:01:45 GMT > >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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