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Date:      Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:31:55 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        "Donald T Hayford" <don@donhayford.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Problem in ports/multimedia/handbrake - seemingly wrong version (0.6.2 vice 0.7.1)
Message-ID:  <cb5206420603212231t59987f7fm624a7852af71da90@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4420ABA7.3090409@donhayford.com>
References:  <4420ABA7.3090409@donhayford.com>

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On 3/22/06, Donald T Hayford <don@donhayford.com> wrote:
> When I try to install the multimedia/handbrake port, I get the following
> error message:
> _________________________________________________________________________=
________________________________________
> =3D=3D=3D>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
> =3D> HandBrake-0.6.2-src.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in
> /usr/ports/distfiles/.
> =3D> Attempting to fetch from http://people.via.ecp.fr/~titer/handbrake/.
> fetch:
> http://people.via.ecp.fr/~titer/handbrake/HandBrake-0.6.2-src.tar.gz:
> Not Found
> =3D> Attempting to fetch from
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
> fetch:
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/HandBrake-0.6.2-src.tar=
.gz:
> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> =3D> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> =3D> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/handbrake.
> _________________________________________________________________________=
__________________________________________
>
> When I go to the URL, I find that the only version available is 0.7.1,
> which was apparently released 2/24/2006.  The earlier version is
> probably available through some sort of source control, but I wasn't
> smart enough to figure out what/where/how.
>
> Being new to FreeBSD, I don't know the proper procedure in this case.
>
> Should I report this to someone?  Or is taken care of in some other
> way?  Or is this the wrong forum?
>
> Can I just manually edit the port Makefile and distinfo file to have the
> correct version/size/MD5 etc?  Or is this too simplistic a fix that will
> screw up other things?
>
> As always,
> Thanks for your support
>
> Don Hayford
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Handbrake maintainership was dropped a few days
ago. I spent a couple of minutes trying to update it,
but I ended up reading jam manual and wondering
why somebody wants to use it over make.

You can have a look at the Porter's Handbook and
see if you can take maintainership.



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