Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:11:06 -0700 From: <2jonathon@charter.net> To: ports@freebsd.org, Andreas Heil <andreas@heil-privat.de> Subject: RE: why are you e-mailing me this? Message-ID: <99315371.1160359866593.JavaMail.root@fepweb02>
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---- Andreas Heil <andreas@heil-privat.de> wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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