Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 15:05:42 +0100 From: "Klaus T. Aehlig" <aehlig@linta.de> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New ports idea: github / gitorious / bitbucket direct support. Message-ID: <20110909140542.GB71621@kta1c10.sesnet.soton.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <151147912.20110909175747@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <765103585.20110909143052@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20110909130458.GO31003@azathoth.lan> <20110909132437.GA66311@kta1c10.sesnet.soton.ac.uk> <151147912.20110909175747@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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> > * due to autogeneration, you're quite likely to get a http-redirect,
> Does fetch support redirects?
Yes. But for good reasons, Mk/bsd.ports.mk contains the line
FETCH_ARGS?= -AFpr
Note the -A. Of course, it's no problem to make an exception for github, but
at least, one should be aware of this.
> > * filenames like 2011.07.25 are not too suitable for a distfile.
> DIST_SUBIDR=${PORTNAME} is solution for this.
yes. And a github framework probably should set this by default...
Best,
Klaus
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