From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 21 22:28:30 2003 Return-Path: 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 7E59C16A4BF for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:28:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout11.sul.t-online.com (mailout11.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C43743FEC for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:28:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jan.Stocker@t-online.de) Received: from fwd03.aul.t-online.de by mailout11.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 19q4TM-00089z-05; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:28:28 +0200 Received: from twoflower (EYNtmQZGYeGtoH0GTnoBNt66D1AwTlxR8LJpU1gyOR6OOANvtEkcYH@[217.225.127.243]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 19q4TB-0QGRd20; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:28:17 +0200 From: Jan.Stocker@t-online.de (Jan Stocker) To: Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:28:16 +0200 Message-ID: <001601c3686e$305b7fe0$fe02010a@twoflower.liebende.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <200308211701.h7LH1eew053196@freefall.freebsd.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 X-Seen: false X-ID: EYNtmQZGYeGtoH0GTnoBNt66D1AwTlxR8LJpU1gyOR6OOANvtEkcYH Subject: Stay cool... X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 05:28:30 -0000 The complete site is not reachable because of a mysql problem.... Admin is informed.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill "distfiles" Fenner [mailto:fenner@FreeBSD.Org] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:02 PM > To: jan.stocker@t-online.de > Subject: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: sysutils/gkleds2 > > > Dear jan.stocker@t-online.de, > > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port > whose distfiles [or main web pages] are not fetchable from their > MASTER_SITES. Could you please visit > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/jan.stocker@t-online.de.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is sysutils/gkleds2. > > Note that the main port web page, as listed in the WWW: line > of the pkg-descr, is checked just as though it was a port distfile. > This is an unfortunate side effect of the architecture of the distfile > survey reporting tool, but if you see a distfile being reported as > not fetchable that's not actually a distfile, see if it's from the > pkg-descr. > > 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 always 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 ftpsearch (http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/ftpsearch) or other > search engines 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. > > >