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On 10/2/2012 10:54 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>
> How do I handle this?
>
> firnsy-barnyard2-v2-1.10-0-g2f5d496.tar.gz
>
> Is the string at the end (g2f5d496) auto-generated?  If so, that's 
> another problem.
>
> I guess something like this?  Sheesh.  What a PITA.
>
> PORTNAME=       barnyard2-v2
> PORTVERSION=    1.10
> PKGNAMEPREFIX=  firnsy-
> PKGNAMESUFFIX=  -0-g2f5d496
>
>
> Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
>
See /usr/ports/deskutils/growl-for-linux/Makefile for an example, 
bsd.sites.mk has support for github.  It was the first example I could 
find with grep.  I believe its a new ports feature.