Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:08:11 +0200 From: Martin Klaffenboeck <martin.klaffenboeck@gmx.at> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 10 unfetchable distfiles: editors/AbiWord2,graphics/gimp-devel,palm/gnomepilot-conduits2,www/galeon,www/galeon2,www/libgtkhtml,x11-fonts/bitstream-vera,x11-fonts/fontconfig,x11-toolkits/gail,x11-toolkits/gal2 Message-ID: <20030421180811.GG68563@martin.kleinerdrache.org> In-Reply-To: <200304211701.h3LH1AmV082771@freefall.freebsd.org>; from fenner@freebsd.org on Mo, Apr 21, 2003 at 19:01:10 %2B0200 References: <200304211701.h3LH1AmV082771@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Am 2003.04.21 19:01 schrieb(en) Bill "distfiles" Fenner: > Dear gnome@freebsd.org, > > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 10 ports > whose distfiles [or main web pages] are not fetchable from their > MASTER_SITES. Could you please visit > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/gnome@freebsd.org.html There seems to be something wrong. I checked the site and noticed, for me this is fetchable: editors/AbiWord2: 0 files fetchable out of 1 (0 ok, 0 bad, 7 skipped) I got another such message from you on zodb3 where it is also fetchable. Please run your test script again and patch it so that it checks it a few times (with a few hours between each fetch) so that we can be sure it does not work. Thanks, Martin > and correct the problems listed there? The individual ports with > problems are > editors/AbiWord2,graphics/gimp-devel,palm/gnomepilot-conduits2,www/galeon,www/galeon2,www/libgtkhtml,x11-fonts/bitstream-vera,x11-fonts/fontconfig,x11-toolkits/gail,x11-toolkits/gal2. > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- PGP-Key: http://www.thats-me.net/pgp.asc
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