From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 20:05:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F89A16A420; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:05:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Lena@lena.kiev.ua) Received: from mx3.cyfra.com (mx3.cyfra.ua [62.80.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF5413C46B; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:05:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Lena@lena.kiev.ua) Received: from c.216.174.a516.dyn.adsl.cyfra.net ([62.80.174.216] helo=bedside.lena.kiev.ua) by mx3.cyfra.com with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JKffC-0004F1-4D; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:05:34 +0200 Received: from bedside.lena.kiev.ua (localhost.lena.kiev.ua [127.0.0.1]) by bedside.lena.kiev.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0VK5TQI005279; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:05:29 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from Lena@lena.kiev.ua) Received: (from lena@localhost) by bedside.lena.kiev.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m0VK5S54005278; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:05:28 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from Lena@lena.kiev.ua) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:05:28 +0200 From: Lena@lena.kiev.ua To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20080131200528.GK741@lena.kiev> References: <20080130221700.GA4386@lena.kiev> <20080131080957.GB80783@k7.mavetju> <20080131081910.GB741@lena.kiev> <20080131093644.M15275@FreeBSD.org> <20080131101425.GD741@lena.kiev> <47A22236.8090505@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47A22236.8090505@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Edwin Groothuis , Pav Lucistnik , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Different variants of the same package on ftp.FreeBSD.org 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: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:05:35 -0000 On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 08:32:06PM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>>>>~ $ host ftp.freebsd.org > >>>>>ftp.freebsd.org has address 204.152.184.73 > >>>>>ftp.freebsd.org has address 62.243.72.50 > >>>>>ftp.freebsd.org has IPv6 address 2001:6c8:6:4::7 > >>>>>ftp.freebsd.org has IPv6 address 2001:4f8:0:2::e > >>>>>~ $ echo -e "dir mathopd*\nquit" | ftp > >>>>>ftp://204.152.184.73/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/ > >>>>>Connected to 204.152.184.73. > >>>>>220 Welcome to freebsd.isc.org. > >>>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 110 1002 56584 Jan 24 06:20 > >>>>>mathopd-1.5p6.tbz > >>>>>~ $ echo -e "dir mathopd*\nquit" | ftp > >>>>>ftp://62.243.72.50/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/All/ > >>>>>Connected to 62.243.72.50. > >>>>>220 ftp.FreeBSD.org NcFTPd Server (licensed copy) ready. > >>>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 ftpuser ftpusers 56520 Nov 4 14:48 > >>>>>mathopd-1.5p6.tbz > >>>>> > >>>>>Different sizes, different dates. The November variant is broken > >>>>>(installed package crashes at first connection), the January variant > >>>>>works. I.e. half of users get the broken variant from ftp.FreeBSD.org. > >>>>>Local mirrors contain the broken variant. > >>>>>http://www.freshports.org/www/mathopd lists last commit on August 13, > >>>>>2007. How, why different variants? > >>>>I'm not able to find out why the files are there on the 62.243 one, > >>>>but they are from 6.2 while the one from January 24 is the FreeBSD > >>>>6.3 one. > >>>The November variant crashes under 6.2-RELEASE-p1. > >>>If I build mathopd from ports under the same 6.2-RELEASE-p1 then it works. > >>ftp-master have the January 24. Guess the mirrors are behind in mirroring > >>the stuff. :) > > > >I already found out how to get working variant. I want to attract attention > >to the fact that for several months ftp.freebsd.org had the broken variant > >which crashes under 6.2-R though building from port under my 6.2-R gives > >working package. The mathopd port hasn't depencencies at all, one binary. > >How the broken variant was compiled? > > From the ports tree as it was around November 4 2007. Presumably the > port was broken back then, and then it was fixed. Besides abovementioned freshports.org, http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/www/mathopd/ (and subdirs) also lists the last change in the port on August 13, 2007. The distinfo file (including checksums) was last changed on August 5, 2007.