From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 9 02:11:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org 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 0BA8C16A500 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 02:11:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 2jonathon@charter.net) Received: from mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F1A443D53 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 02:11:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from 2jonathon@charter.net) Received: from mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.137]) by mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k992B6jB020359 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:11:06 -0400 Received: from 209-225-8-102.charter.net (HELO fepweb02) ([209.225.8.102]) by mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 08 Oct 2006 22:11:06 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,278,1157342400"; d="scan'208"; a="816091142:sNHT50846676" Message-ID: <99315371.1160359866593.JavaMail.root@fepweb02> Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:11:06 -0700 From: <2jonathon@charter.net> To: ports@freebsd.org, Andreas Heil MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Sensitivity: Normal X-Originating-IP: from 66.214.141.129 by mail.charter.net; Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:11:06 -0400 Cc: Subject: RE: why are you e-mailing me this? 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: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:11:09 -0000 ---- Andreas Heil 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"