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Date:      Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:58:42 +0700
From:      Eugeny Kuzakov <coredumped@coredumped.null.ru>
To:        fenner@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: irc/tircproxy
Message-ID:  <395180E2.88EBB745@coredumped.null.ru>
References:  <200006211700.KAA40635@freefall.freebsd.org>

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hi*&

I am not so understand because I am just already ported port fix.
Can anyone explain me?

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1164520+1166390+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-ports/20000611.freebsd-ports

fenner@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> 
> Dear coredumped@coredumped.null.ru,
> 
>         You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port
> whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES.  Could you
> please visit
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/coredumped@coredumped.null.ru.html
> 
> and correct the problems listed there?  The individual port with
> a problem is irc/tircproxy.
> 
>         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.
> 
>         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 new port on your own system,
> test it (and maybe even run "portlint" on it), and then use "send-pr"
> to submit a "diff -uNr old-port new-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 ftpsearch (http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/ftpsearch) or other
>         search engines 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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