From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Nov 9 05:31:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA10945 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 05:31:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id FAA10940 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 05:31:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fports@jraynard.demon.co.uk) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by post.mail.demon.net id ab2018552; 9 Nov 97 13:06 GMT Received: (from fports@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA04164; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 12:24:21 GMT (envelope-from fports) Message-ID: <19971109122420.39804@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 12:24:20 +0000 From: James Raynard To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Porting without tarballs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have two more ports which are ready to be committed, once I can get over the last hurdle. The problem is there is no tarball for either of the ports; the source is on an FTP server that doesn't support on-the-fly tarring (and in any case I have a nasty suspicion they may soon delete it). The best solution seems to make my own tarball and put it on ftp.freebsd.org. Is this correct, and if so how do I go about it? -- In theory, theory is better than practice. In practice, it isn't. James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland. http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/