Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:33:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@ocis.net> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: textproc/ripole Message-ID: <40650.192.168.0.10.1142973236.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060321183309.GA18976@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200603211001.k2LA11IL086710@freefall.freebsd.org> <37747.192.168.0.10.1142961481.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> <20060321183309.GA18976@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tue, March 21, 2006 10:33 am, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:18:01AM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: >> On Tue, March 21, 2006 2:01 am, Bill "distfiles" Fenner wrote: >>> You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port whose >>> distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES. Could you >>> please visit and correct the problems listed there? The >>> individual port with a problem is textproc/ripole. >> This appears to be a transient error that has already corrected >> itself: >> - Manually going to the site and clicking on the link allows the >> ripole-0.2.0.tar.gz file to be downloaded. >> - Putting the URL >> http://www.pldaniels.com/ripole/ripole-0.2.0.tar.gz into a browser >> allows the file to be downloaded.\ >> - Using fetch from the commandline with the above URL allows the >> file to be downloaded. >> - Running "make fetch" from the port directory allows the file to >> be downloaded. > The fact that the error was transient isn't really the issue; if the > port was unfetchable, even transiently, then it denied service to > users who tried to build it during that time. Try to add another > mirror. It's downloadable from the RipOLE site and the FreeBSD FTP servers (pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ripole* list 4 different versions). Does it need more than that? I'm not currently authorised to run public FTP/HTTP services from work, but if need be, I could look into that. ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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