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Date:      Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:47:15 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Douglas A. Maske" <cybermartyr@MaskeProductions.com>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.Org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: www/mod_auth_mysql41_ap2
Message-ID:  <30073.163.192.21.45.1129924035.squirrel@mail.maskeproductions.com>
In-Reply-To: <200510211932.j9LJWvgM079280@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200510211932.j9LJWvgM079280@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Odd...

Works fine for me...

[cybermartyr@Cyberwaste.MaskeProductions.com:/home/cybermartyr]: ncftp
ftp.maske.org
NcFTP 3.1.9 (Mar 24, 2005) by Mike Gleason (http://www.NcFTP.com/contact/).
Connecting to ftp.maske.org...
Cyberwaste.MaskeProductions.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2(1) Sun Jun 26
16:46:49 PDT 2005) ready.
Logging in...
Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Logged in to ftp.maske.org.
ncftp / > cd pub/FreeBSD/distfiles
ncftp /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles > get mod_auth_mysql41_ap2_1.00.tar.gz
mod_auth_mysql41_ap2_1.00.tar.gz:                        9.39 kB  102.87 kB/s
ncftp /pub/FreeBSD/distfiles >

Thanks,
Doug

> Dear maske@maske.org,
>
> 	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/maske@maske.org.html
>
> and correct the problems listed there?  The individual port with
> a problem is www/mod_auth_mysql41_ap2.
>
> 	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.
>


Thanks,
Douglas A. Maske

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