From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 12:46:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5632437B401 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web13408.mail.yahoo.com (web13408.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.175.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE7A943FAF for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:46:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from giffunip@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030707194621.78716.qmail@web13408.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.91.194.97] by web13408.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:46:21 BST Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:46:21 +0100 (BST) From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Pedro=20F.=20Giffuni?=" To: ports@FreeBSD.Org In-Reply-To: <200307071701.h67H185c024259@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: cad/varkon X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 19:46:22 -0000 Hi; Can someone please commit: ports/53603: cad/varkon port update (Maintainer) where I drop the maintainance of this package (after adding the documentation and cleaning the configuration). cheers, Pedro. --- Bill distfiles Fenner wrote: > Dear giffunip@yahoo.com, > > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port > whose distfiles [or main web pages] are not fetchable from their > MASTER_SITES. Could you please visit > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/giffunip@yahoo.com.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is cad/varkon. > > Note that the main port web page, as listed in the WWW: line > of the pkg-descr, is checked just as though it was a port distfile. > This is an unfortunate side effect of the architecture of the distfile > survey reporting tool, but if you see a distfile being reported as > not fetchable that's not actually a distfile, see if it's from the > pkg-descr. > > 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. Please do *NOT* send your response to me directly; I do > not always have time to commit your fix; please instead submit a PR > via 'send-pr' so it doesn't get lost. > > 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 updated port on your own machine, > test it (and maybe even run "portlint" on it), and then use "send-pr" > to submit a "diff -uNr old-port updated-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. ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/