Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:52:46 -0600 From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/wminet Makefile Message-ID: <20001109095246.J62344@bonsai.knology.net> In-Reply-To: <200011091525.HAA48579@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kevlo@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 07:25:10AM -0800 References: <200011091525.HAA48579@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 07:25:10AM -0800, Kevin Lo wrote:
# kevlo 2000/11/09 07:25:10 PST
#
# Modified files:
# sysutils/wminet Makefile
# Log:
# Comment out MASTER_SITES and fall back to FreeBSD mirrors.
Umm... this is a bad idea. :) If the MAINTAINER can't put this
file up somewhere then you might consider putting it up for him.
Just do the following:
1. Get a copy of the tarball.
2. Make sure there are no restrictions on you putting it up.
3. Stick a copy of the file in freefall:~trevor/public_distfiles
4. Wait for a magical cronjob to scoop it up and stick it on the
freebsd ftp servers.
5. Add the following lines to the port's Makefile.
MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= trevor
We shouldn't do this willy-nilly for every port, but if the
distfile is really not available anywhere else and the world
will be a worse place to live (might be exaggerating a bit
here :) if the port quit working or disappeared, then it
should be OK to mirror the distfiles for a port using FreeBSD
resources.
-steve
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