Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 13:51:04 +1000 From: Robert Backhaus <robbak@robbak.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Github problems Message-ID: <CABG_4jnd9YRQOxrtyKPtnALL6Q9htN7UC6Q9q9qmS0YcM0t-bg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <22BAF25B9809952F4C0403B1@localhost> References: <22BAF25B9809952F4C0403B1@localhost>
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On 9 November 2012 07:05, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: > I'm working on a new port, and I'm having problems with Github. > > The url to the tarball is: > <https://github.com/Snorby/**snorby/archive/master.tar.gz<https://github.com/Snorby/snorby/archive/master.tar.gz>; > > > > ..... > > => snorby-2.5.3.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. > => Attempting to fetch https://nodeload.github.com/** > Snorby/snorby/tarball/master?**dummy=/snorby-2.5.3.tar.gz<https://nodeload.github.com/Snorby/snorby/tarball/master?dummy=/snorby-2.5.3.tar.gz>; > > Obviously that fails. I looked through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk, but I > don't see any way to override the part after dummy=. I tried making > GH_COMMIT= master, but that did nothing. > > Note that 'the bit after dummy=' just specifies the filename that will be returned to you. It can be called anything: if it is replaced by ?dummy=what_a_mess, the file you get back will be saved as "what_a_mess". Prevents stale distfiles clashing.
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