Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 21:29 WET From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ports/968: Netscape & cern_httpd ports out of date/dead links Message-ID: <m0tevtj-000CPXC@nemesis.lonestar.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199601240610.WAA29032@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 968 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Netscape & cern_httpd ports out of date/dead links >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 23 22:10:02 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Frank Durda IV >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: >Description: 1. Downloading "netscape2" and then using "make" pulls down netscape20b2, which has expired and no longer exists on the netscape corp. servers. It does download eventually from Walnut Creek, but once installed it tells you it has expired. B5 is the current version and a port needs to be done. (B5 expires 1-March) 2. "cern_httpd" documentation has several pointers to obsolete sites for accessing the online help. The obsolete sites do have forwarding pointers with a disclaimer that these pointers are temporary. The READMEs and other instructions downloaded with the port need to be updated. 3. A suggestion: When invoking "make" on cern_httpd, it reports that several modules are not present on the system and proceeds to download and install them. It would be really nice if the DESCR or some other file listed any non-stock modules that a given package requires. 4. It would be nice if pkg_add could be updated to say where it is going to download the *.tgz files when invoked via "make" of a package. For people managing tight space, this would be useful. Specifying where to put these things would be even better. 5. It would be nice if the "make" of a package would allow you to specify an already-downloaded *.tgz file, AND if the md5 checksum didn't match, it asked what to do (Abort, Keep Going, Get a Fresh Copy) so that someone who has obtained the newer version of something (such as the b5 netscape) can shove it in, ignore the MD5 signature difference and get the working version installed. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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