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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.