From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 00:15:54 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 B8EEC16A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:15:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out012.verizon.net (out012pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6488943D2D for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:15:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ringworm@inbox.lv) Received: from ringworm.mechee.com ([4.26.226.89]) by out012.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041113001553.UMEM2329.out012.verizon.net@ringworm.mechee.com> for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:15:53 -0600 Received: by ringworm.mechee.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AC2322CE797; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:14:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael C. Shultz" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:14:02 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <200411120827.08186.ringworm@inbox.lv> <200411122011.iACKBRAP011371@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <41952224.7040302@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <41952224.7040302@vonostingroup.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411121614.03548.ringworm@inbox.lv> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out012.verizon.net from [4.26.226.89] at Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:15:53 -0600 Subject: Re: net/liveMedia live.2004.11.11.tar.gz not fetchable agian 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: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:15:54 -0000 On Friday 12 November 2004 12:50 pm, Frank Laszlo wrote: > Norikatsu Shigemura wrote: > >On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:10:19 -0500 > > > >Frank Laszlo wrote: > >>Not exactly, as you can see there is a couple with an 'a' after it. > >> /usr/ports/distfiles/live.2004.10.28a.tar.gz > >> /usr/ports/distfiles/live.2004.11.09a.tar.gz > >>Michael Johnson has informed me that this means there is multiple > >>releases in the same day. Maybe the port should address this? Also, > >> I see that DISTNAME is statically set, and if infact live.com > >> creates build daily and doesnt archive old builds, this needs to > >> be updated to > > > > Author hopes to update and build *almost daily*. So he > > didn't remain old archives. > > > >>reflect the current date in the DISTNAME to retrieve the proper > >>distfile. If the maintainer is unresponsive, I would be willing to > >> write a patch for this. Hope this helps. > > > > To update is not so hard. So tell me it is updated. OK. > >_______________________________________________ > > I cant think of a way to automate this within the port. I can make > the port fetch the distfile depending on the date.. like this: > > PORTVERSION= ${MYDATE} > DISTNAME= live.${PORTVERSION} > MYDATE!= date "+%Y.%m.%d" > > But the problem exists with the distinfo. The file size and md5 > checksum will change daily, isnt there a NO_CHECKSUM or something > within the port? Thanks! > > Regards, > Frank Laszlo You can remove the distinfo file then it will fetch but what about the random "a's" being added to the port name? I personally would like to see a copy of the distfile maintained on another site then updated at a more reasonable time interval. -Mike