From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 19:40:59 2005 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 2A78E16A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:40:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B709243D46 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:40:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DEYBm-0008U8-5D for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:40:19 +0100 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:40:18 +0100 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:40:18 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <20050324174423.GA6245@odin.ac.hmc.edu> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gmane-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org X-MailScanner-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package x has no origin recorded 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: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:40:59 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-24, Brooks Davis scribbled these curious markings: >> pkg_info: package bsdpan-Apache-DB-0.09 has no origin recorded >> pkg_info: package bsdpan-Apache-DBI-0.94 has no origin recorded >> pkg_info: package bsdpan-Apache-Module-0.11 has no origin recorded >> pkg_info: package bsdpan-Apache-Sandwich-2.05 has no origin recorded >> pkg_info: package bsdpan-Apache-Stage-1.20 has no origin recorded >> pkg_info: package bsdpan-Archive-Tar-1.23 has no origin recorded >>=20 > This means that those ports were installed directly rather then by the > ports collection. ... which is very easily fixed by either using the available ports, if any, or by making a new port. Making Perl ports has to be the easiest way you can contribute to the FreeBSD project. I just submitted one about 5-10 minutes ago, in fact (Digest::SHA256), and just had another committed to the tree before that (PLP). Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCQxbIk/lo7zvzJioRAhfYAKClf2cMhAFXSBm1z/AD9+vcbKnpVACePQWD 31y8+aGzrP7oZH7jnvNvN8U= =HRu4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.