Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD ports: 2 unfetchable distfiles: graphics/vterrain-apps,graphics (Re: ports/31463) Message-ID: <200112220100.fBM102H10304@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/31463; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>
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Subject: FreeBSD ports: 2 unfetchable distfiles: graphics/vterrain-apps,graphics (Re: ports/31463)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:56:29 -0500
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Could someone please commit this trivial patch:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=31463
So I can stop getting the "port unfetchable" mail every month.
Thanks,
Randall
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Subject: FreeBSD ports: 2 unfetchable distfiles: graphics/vterrain-apps,graphics/vterrain-sdk
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Dear aa8vb@nc.rr.com,
You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 2 ports
whose distfiles [or main web pages] are not fetchable from their
MASTER_SITES. Could you please visit
http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/aa8vb@nc.rr.com.html
and correct the problems listed there? The individual ports with
problems are graphics/vterrain-apps,graphics/vterrain-sdk.
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 system, 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* submit 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 new port on your own system,
test it (and maybe even run "portlint" on it), and then use "send-pr"
to submit a "diff -uNr old-port new-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.
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