From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 7 17:16:52 2004 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 B6CE016A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:16:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from bimmer.dtmpower.net (bimmer.dtmpower.net [66.250.68.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6698343D1F for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:16:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jd@ods.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bimmer.dtmpower.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C59969D3D for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:13:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from bimmer.dtmpower.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bimmer.dtmpower.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06555-07 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:13:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from pcp08928390pcs.anapol01.md.comcast.net (pcp08928390pcs.anapol01.md.comcast.net [68.50.232.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bimmer.dtmpower.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B0C69D01 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:13:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 20:16:50 -0500 From: Jason DiCioccio To: ports@FreeBSD.Org Message-ID: <2147483647.1078690610@pcp08928390pcs.anapol01.md.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <200403071803.i27I3Cbm072913@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200403071803.i27I3Cbm072913@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.2 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at dtmpower.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: dns/updatedd 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, 08 Mar 2004 01:16:52 -0000 Greetings. The port file appears to be fetchable to me. Why were each of the urls skipped? Regards, -JD- --On Sunday, March 7, 2004 10:03 AM -0800 "Bill \"distfiles\" Fenner" wrote: > Dear geniusj@ods.org, > > 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/geniusj@ods.org.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is dns/updatedd. > > 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.