Date: 08 Dec 2002 14:36:06 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, andreas_and_joe@tao.org.uk Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: net/tac_plus4 Message-ID: <1039376165.44177.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20021208192511.GB27144@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <200212071800.gB7I0VBX043913@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021208192511.GB27144@genius.tao.org.uk>
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--=-mHRY/2suhQOgHEgjF6Qx Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 14:25, Josef Karthauser wrote: > Dear Ports, >=20 > 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? Being a Cisco employee and a user of this port, I'll take it off your hands. Joe >=20 > Thanks, > Joe >=20 > 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= .html > >=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 machi= ne, > > 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 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-mHRY/2suhQOgHEgjF6Qx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9858lb2iPiv4Uz4cRAgB/AJ9hY/OFISi2yuRsuLmxy87y78alrACdGYN8 KRuC9U6FLwgoZXPa5Kgh5AI= =VDyY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mHRY/2suhQOgHEgjF6Qx-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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