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Date:      Mon, 08 Mar 2004 11:28:37 -0500
From:      "Eric W. Bates" <ericx@vineyard.net>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.Org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: mail/pop-before-smtp
Message-ID:  <404C9F35.9060805@vineyard.net>
In-Reply-To: <200403071802.i27I2owm072738@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200403071802.i27I2owm072738@freefall.freebsd.org>

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I'm sorry to bother you.  I'm trying to test/confirm the problem.  The 
log you referred me to seems to indicate that all 4 URL were skipped 
(rather than failed); but there is no indication why they were skipped 
or whether that is something I can address.

Of the 4 URL, 3 work fine (the fourth seems to timeout at the moment); 
but I suspect that is more a problem at sourceforge than something I can 
address?

Thank you for your time.


pop-before-smtp
cvs tree / pkg-descr
File: pop-before-smtp-1.33.tar.gz has 4 possible URLs: 0 OK, 0 bad, 4 
skipped
Port maintainer: ericx@vineyard.net
http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/popbsmtp/pop-before-smtp-1.33.tar.gz: 
Not checked (Last actual result NEVER [checked 0 times since Wed Dec 31 
16:00:00 1969 , last time was Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 ])
http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/popbsmtp/pop-before-smtp-1.33.tar.gz: 
Not checked (Last actual result NEVER [checked 0 times since Wed Dec 31 
16:00:00 1969 , last time was Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 ])
http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/popbsmtp/pop-before-smtp-1.33.tar.gz: 
Not checked (Last actual result NEVER [checked 0 times since Wed Dec 31 
16:00:00 1969 , last time was Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 ])
http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/popbsmtp/pop-before-smtp-1.33.tar.gz: 
Not checked (Last actual result NEVER [checked 0 times since Wed Dec 31 
16:00:00 1969 , last time was Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 ])
Summary 0 files fetchable out of 1

Bill distfiles Fenner wrote:
> Dear ericx@vineyard.net,
> 
> 	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/ericx@vineyard.net.html
> 
> and correct the problems listed there?  The individual port with
> a problem is mail/pop-before-smtp.
> 
> 	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.



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