From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 26 18:44:58 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 E6A3416A420 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:44:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sylvioc@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D71343D46 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:44:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sylvioc@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so261464wxc for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:44:56 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=uSx2gmaZgiMTBZ4mryle0WwCihgeXKdQWyMp4Scl3H3gtDOzw6bw3ivKVRhyK0NFb9jjL5C/iZnm0nWsZx/WlMp8V/IIYEQP6PT4lGdgibg+oRB95J3t5OWhUXm4w33X9AWWV56SiDJ9oyBSQJ6ilkl3ezLW5GJunxawg2Z2xgw= Received: by 10.70.74.19 with SMTP id w19mr2591395wxa; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:44:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.128.3 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:44:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5678893e0601261044n2622cf48y50afbf4daf209af@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:44:55 -0300 From: Sylvio Cesar To: ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200601211001.k0LA1nEk087700@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200601211001.k0LA1nEk087700@freefall.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: devel/cdialog 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: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:44:59 -0000 Ok. On 1/21/06, Bill "distfiles" Fenner wrote: > > Dear sylvioc@gmail.com, > > 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/sylvioc@gmail.com.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is devel/cdialog. > > 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=3D 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. >