From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 20:34:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2EE16A41F for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:34:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B652143D48 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:34:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B47A68A0041 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:38:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 90672-01-58 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:38:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (unknown [10.10.10.17]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DE648A0033 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:38:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3B1900044E for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:33:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from 192.168.0.10 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:33:56 -0800 (PST) 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> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:33:56 -0800 (PST) From: "Freddie Cash" To: ports@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: textproc/ripole X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash@ocis.net List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:34:07 -0000 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