Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 11:54:08 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Another administrative variable: NOFETCHFILES Message-ID: <20051008155408.GA73976@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200510080611.j986BNwg008692@bright.research.att.com> References: <20051008003731.GA3447@k7.mavetju> <20051008023628.GA57290@xor.obsecurity.org> <200510080611.j986BNwg008692@bright.research.att.com>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 11:11:23PM -0700, Bill Fenner wrote: >=20 > >This is already covered by existing variables. e.g. if the port > >should not be fetched, IGNORE or NO_PACKAGE will be set. >=20 > There have forever been ports that have one file that needs to be > fetched by hand and others that can be fetched with the normal system; > emulators/stonx had one in 1999. It makes sense to ask the distfile > survey to check the ones that are automatically fetchable but not call > the port bad if the one that has to be fetched by hand can't be fetched. Can you find another example? stonx is now fetchable. Kris --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDR+ugWry0BWjoQKURAuWxAKDEO4dRWgfj9BatIjqfAdZoMun0WwCbB+ae 0ng5Zv9h6d2s8lBmwzhbVpo= =Ir3l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--
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