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Date:      Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:45:52 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 227600] porter's handbook: use of distinfo
Message-ID:  <bug-227600-7788-wC3zjUvm45@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #4 from freebsd@dreamchaser.org ---
(In reply to Tobias Kortkamp from comment #3)

>> However, if one is updating a port, one needs to do the fetch before one=
 can
>> run make makesum to produce an up-to-date version of distinfo.  But one =
can't
>> do the fetch if a distinfo is lying around.=20
>=20
> This is incorrect.  Let me try and clarify.
>=20
> If you change PORTVERSION/DISTNAME/DISTFILES/...  and then run `make
> makesum` the new distfiles are fetched first and distinfo is replaced
> with their checksums irregardless of what was in distinfo before.
> You do *not* have to run `make fetch` first.
>=20
> 'makesum' is the target you should use as a maintainer not 'fetch'.
>=20
> Can you add a link to the section of the Porter's Handbook that you find
> problematic?

Ok, so what you're saying is one should not stepwise run make fetch and
then make makesum; that's not clear from section 4.1, "How things work".
3.3 on building a new port implies the porter is responsible for updating
distinfo by running make makesum after obtaining the source.

Section 4.1 #1 is the part which could be expanded to explain more of how
things work.

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