From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 06:35:09 2004 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 CF24B16A4D2 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:35:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.icc-vvd.ru (mail.icc-vvd.ru [62.141.104.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F1AD43D1D for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:35:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alecn@server.v42of.icc-vvd.ru) Received: from server.v42of.icc-vvd.ru (localhost.icc-vvd.ru [127.0.0.1]) by mail.icc-vvd.ru (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1OGvrUI031160 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:57:53 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from alecn@server.v42of.icc-vvd.ru) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by server.v42of.icc-vvd.ru (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i1OGvn80031159 for ports@FreeBSD.Org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:57:49 +0300 (MSK) From: Alexander Novitsky Organization: InzhComCentre VVD To: ports@FreeBSD.Org Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:57:49 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200402211800.i1LI0cNb029626@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200402211800.i1LI0cNb029626@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402241957.49437.alecn@icc-vvd.ru> Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: sysutils/luma 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: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:35:10 -0000 Sorry, but it's your trouble, not mine: I've just started to download successfully from http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/luma/luma-1.2.tar.bz2 On Saturday 21 February 2004 21:00, Bill "distfiles" Fenner wrote: > Dear alecn2002@yandex.ru, > > 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/alecn2002@yandex.ru.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is sysutils/luma. > > 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.