Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:21:19 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: Ports FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to maintain a manual download in a download restricted port? Message-ID: <CADLo83-kNv4MApq1s3-4GZPYUuPFv8Z4L9o3HSb_nU=do0GoOw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <506031F0.5050202@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <506031F0.5050202@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 24 Sep 2012 11:12, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I deal with an "in spe" port, which does provide the source tarball from
> the website via a PHP interface - so, no automatic fetch() seems to be
> possible.
>
> To provide the port in due time, I'd like to ask the people here how to
> manage in the port's "Makefile" to refer the user to download manually
> the sources, place them in ${DISTDIR} and restart installation.
>
> I tried to have my eyes on some ports like java/jdk16, but, to be
> honest, the Makefile is not very convenient for my fast eyes to read and
> it seems there are many workarounds which are not necessary for a simple
> port.
>
> Maybe one of you is willing to answer me. Is there an elegant, BSDish
> way to provide the message and stop doing the automatic fetch? I
> couldn't find something in the "Porter's Handbook", but sometimes I'm
> blind ;-) If there is a statement on that subject in the handbook,
> please do not hesitate to refer to the section.
>
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/book.html#AEN3090
This appears to be a new feature- I didn't know about it either :)
Chris
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