Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:25:11 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.Org Cc: andreas_and_joe@tao.org.uk Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: net/tac_plus4 Message-ID: <20021208192511.GB27144@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200212071800.gB7I0VBX043913@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200212071800.gB7I0VBX043913@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Ports, I'm proxy maintainer for this port, but have never used it. I'd like to hand maintainership over to someone who cares about it. Is there anyone here who could take it from me? Thanks, Joe On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 10:00:31AM -0800, Bill "distfiles" Fenner wrote: > Dear andreas_and_joe@tao.org.uk, >=20 > You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port > whose distfiles [or main web pages] are not fetchable from their > MASTER_SITES. Could you please visit >=20 > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/andreas_and_joe@tao.org.uk.h= tml >=20 > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is net/tac_plus4. >=20 > Note that the main port web page, as listed in the WWW: line > of the pkg-descr, is checked just as though it was a port distfile. > This is an unfortunate side effect of the architecture of the distfile > survey reporting tool, but if you see a distfile being reported as > not fetchable that's not actually a distfile, see if it's from the > pkg-descr. >=20 > 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 always have time to commit your fix; please instead submit a PR > via 'send-pr' so it doesn't get lost. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 ftpsearch (http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/ftpsearch) or other > search engines 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Thanks, > Bill "distfiles" Fenner. --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj3znJcACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZaHQCdFb6rfW69NcVRG9WtBTtpyQFL 8xUAoMO2aGp+Igz+skbPpAfk/c15y9c6 =mfaq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8NvZYKFJsRX2Djef-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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