Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:10:25 -0300 From: Le Baron =?utf-8?B?ZOKAmU1lcmRl?= <lebarondemerde@privacychain.ch> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: magic syntax for most recent git from sourceforge? [solved] Message-ID: <20180418181025.svcc4swymuonidqd@privacychain.ch> In-Reply-To: <a3d75d25-e42e-2d4a-2357-ae5df02f8dee@dreamchaser.org> References: <9e5060d7-ba6e-8538-8205-aa6e2cc3a4a2@dreamchaser.org> <cad8e6f5-2fcd-d09a-85e0-70b1b25fb729@dreamchaser.org> <20180418060642.mxyyn7o5dm2uqdfy@privacychain.ch> <a3d75d25-e42e-2d4a-2357-ae5df02f8dee@dreamchaser.org>
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 07:05:49AM -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 04/18/18 00:06, Le Baron d’Merde wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 09:48:53PM -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > > > On 04/16/18 13:17, Gary Aitken wrote: > > > > Can anyone give me the magic formula for fetching the most recent > > > > git distro from sourceforge for a ports Makefile? > > > > > > > > The porter's handbook talks about how to fetch git repos from > > > > github but not about how to get them from sourceforge. > > > > > > > > I've tried a few things but can't get the right combo of > > > > MASTER_SITES and PORTNAME, DISTFILE, and DISTVERSION > > > > > > > > The git clone cmd is: git clone > > > > https://git.code.sf.net/p/nufraw/git nufraw-git > > > > > > > > This particular git version says it is 0.41 but attempting to > > > > fetch with from PORTVERSION= 0.41 MASTER_SITES= > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/nufraw/files/latest/ doesn't > > > > work; PORTVERSION= 0.40 does. I've also tried with DISTVERSION= > > > > 07ebb73a with no joy. > > > > > > Many thanks to Jeremy Chadwick for guidance. Appropriate values for > > > the above example are: > > > > > > DISTVERSION= 0.41 MASTER_SITES= SOURCEFORGE/nufraw > > > > Please use just SF instead, this is the way it is used in practice: > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-distfiles.html#makefile-master_sites-popular > > > > I guess you didn't read The 'FreeBSD Porter's Handbook' yet. :) > > Actually, I did, more than once. > Because of the problem caused by having a mis-matched distinfo lying > around I assumed (erroneously) that SF didn't work and started trying > other things. The handbook explicitly mentions one might have to do > this. > > > > A problem also encountered while searching for a solution was a > > > stale distinfo left over from using the 0.40 version; moving it > > > aside allowed the fetch to complete. Apparently the distinfo file > > > is checked during the fetch process if it exists, not just at > > > extract time. > > > > Please don't do that, run 'make makesum' instead. > > I know to do that and had all ready done so with the 0.40 version, which > was why the stale distinfo was lying around. This whole thread came > up because I couldn't get a good fetch to do a make makesum with > because a stale distinfo was lying around. You could just got the stale file removed/deleted from /usr/ports/distfiles too. > > > Do not forget to run 'portlint -AC' and 'poudriere testport ...' > > before opening a PR! ;) > > the portlint part is easy, poudriere not so easy if if it's not what > one uses normally. > > Thanks, > > Gary -- Best Regards. LBdM.
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