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Date:      Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:16:20 +0100
From:      Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
To:        FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
Subject:   Re: Github problems
Message-ID:  <444D56BF-60AF-468B-BDE4-0D1A86B6ABC4@grem.de>
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On 8 Nov 2012, at 22:05, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm working on a new port, and I'm having problems with Github.
>=20
> The url to the tarball is:
> <https://github.com/Snorby/snorby/archive/master.tar.gz>;
>=20
> This is what I have in the Makefile:
>=20
> # $FreeBSD$
>=20
> PORTNAME=3D       snorby
> PORTVERSION=3D    2.5.3
> CATEGORIES=3D     security
>=20
> MAINTAINER=3D     pauls@utdallas.edu
> COMMENT=3D        Frontend for snort
>=20
> USE_GITHUB=3D     yes
> GH_ACCOUNT=3D     Snorby
> GH_PROJECT=3D     ${PORTNAME}
> GH_TAGNAME=3D     master
> #GH_COMMIT=3D     master
>=20
> When I run make makesum I get this:
>=20
> =3D> snorby-2.5.3.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
> =3D> Attempting to fetch https://nodeload.github.com/Snorby/snorby/tarball=
/master?dummy=3D/snorby-2.5.3.tar.gz
>=20
> Obviously that fails.  I looked through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk, but I d=
on't see any way to override the part after dummy=3D.  I tried making GH_COM=
MIT=3D master, but that did nothing.
>=20
> What's the correct solution to this?  There doesn't seem to be anything in=
 the Porters Handbook about github.
>=20
> --=20
> Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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>=20
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