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Date:      Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:08:37 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-systems.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to connect additional distribution files to a port?
Message-ID:  <20001213000837.C74111@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001211111404.C94175@ida.interface-business.de>; from j@ida.interface-business.de on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:14:04AM %2B0100
References:  <20001208151658.D22163@B7173150.DeutschePost.de> <20001208155822.A58038@cichlids.cichlids.com> <20001208160616.G22163@B7173150.DeutschePost.de> <20001208192741.A11933@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20001211111404.C94175@ida.interface-business.de>

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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:14:04AM +0100, J Wunsch wrote:
> But i think it's fishy to ask some FTP server for a file where you
> know beforehand it won't be there.  No, sorry, i don't buy _that_.

Well sorry, but that is how Ports committers have been doing it for a
long time.  Just stick both sites in MASTERSITE and don't bloat the CVS
repo.  That I don't buy.

> ADDITIONAL_FILES=  http://some.server.com/~user/foobar.pdf \
> 		ftp://some.other.server.ru/pub/outgoing/largedocs.tar.gz
> 
> ...to specify additonal files to be fetched from various sites.

IMHO, it isn't really worth the extra trouble.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
          GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX


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