From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 7 19:08:15 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 CBE9416A40F for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:08:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andreas@heil-privat.de) Received: from fbsd-1.portbase.de (fbsd-1.portbase.de [81.3.30.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BCED43D7D for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:08:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas@heil-privat.de) Received: from andreas (unknown [82.100.208.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by fbsd-1.portbase.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146BC80AF for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:08:04 +0200 (CEST) From: "Andreas Heil" To: Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:07:56 +0200 Message-ID: <000801c6ea43$e6932830$1417a8c0@andreas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Thread-Index: Acbp+nYmip+bovaSQomaCluSUGX3JQASTV4g In-Reply-To: <200610071000.k97A0bGl036185@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at portbase.de Cc: Subject: RE: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: games/nwnusers X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:08:15 -0000 Hi. I'll correct it as soon as possible. (This weekend) Andreas > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill "distfiles" Fenner [mailto:fenner@FreeBSD.Org] > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:01 PM > To: ah@linux-hq.de > Subject: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: games/nwnusers > > Dear ah@linux-hq.de, > > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port > whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES. Could > you please visit > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ah@linux-hq.de.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is games/nwnusers. > > 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 necessarily 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 a search engine 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. >