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Date:      Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:16:55 +1000
From:      "David Symonds" <dsymonds@gmail.com>
To:        "Ian Morrison" <ian@darq.net>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using darcs to retrieve source in ports
Message-ID:  <ee77f5c20607290616j140643d9v4a3a70374baa3d9a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <44CB5A04.40209@darq.net>
References:  <44CB5A04.40209@darq.net>

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On 7/29/06, Ian Morrison <ian@darq.net> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to build a port of PacketForth, (https://packets.goto10.org/)
> and it's going pretty well.  However, as it's still in the early stages
> of development, there are no tarfiles available online, and the
> preferred method of fetching the source is by using the darcs version
> control system.  The single command I ran to get the source was "darcs
> get http://url" and I was wondering it's possible for a port to retrieve
> files in this way.

The net/obnc port uses CVS to fetch its files; that might be a good
place to start looking.


Dave.

-- 
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
  is no basis for a system of government."



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