Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:09:31 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/nawk Makefile distinfo ports/lang/nawk/files patch-ba patch-bb Message-ID: <20021216090930.GA7873@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20021214040617.GJ83552@k7.mavetju> References: <200212122331.gBCNVpFO062280@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021214040617.GJ83552@k7.mavetju>
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:06:17PM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:31:51PM -0800, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > obrien 2002/12/12 15:31:51 PST
> >=20
> > Modified files:
> > lang/nawk Makefile distinfo=20
> > lang/nawk/files patch-ba=20
> > Removed files:
> > lang/nawk/files patch-bb=20
> > Log:
> > Update to the 29-Nov-2002 distribution.
> > Since the distfile isn't versioned, this was the only way to fix the
> > "make distclean all" problem on 5-CURRENT.
>=20
> The tarball has been re-rolled again:
> Dec 13, 2002:
> for the moment, the internationalization changes of nov 29 are
> rolled back -- programs like x =3D 1.2 don't work in some locales,
> because the parser is expecting x =3D 1,2. until i understand this
> better, this will have to wait.
>=20
> If you're upgrading this one, can you please add this to the Makefile:
>=20
> DIST_SUBDIR=3D nawk-${PORTVERSION}
>=20
> That will prevent the ever lasting problem of people getting checksum
> mismatches because "the file is already there" and that bento will
> fetch the right file too and thus build the package.
This is a good idea; IMHO, nawk/${PORTVERSION} would be even better.
David, how do you feel about another solution: hosting the distribution
tarball in your FreeBSD cluster's local distfiles directory? If the
nawk maintainers cannot be persuaded to track versions in the distfile
names, doing it locally might be a 'next best' approach...
G'luck,
Peter
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