From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 7 11:28:53 2004 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 DE0C716A4CF for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:28:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D8E243D31 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:28:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from esoha@comcast.net) Received: from x1-6-00-50-2c-02-55-54.attbi.com (c-24-6-101-51.client.comcast.net[24.6.101.51]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004030719284901600gjrqhe>; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 19:28:49 +0000 Received: from comcast.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])i27JT48X012295 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from esoha@comcast.net) Received: (from esoha@localhost) by comcast.net (8.12.9p1/8.12.9/Submit) id i27JT3br012292; Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:29:03 -0800 (PST) From: Eyal Soha MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16459.30719.398739.787370@x1-6-00-50-2c-02-55-54.attbi.com> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:29:03 -0800 To: ports@FreeBSD.Org In-Reply-To: <200403071802.i27I2qqO072773@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200403071802.i27I2qqO072773@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.18 under Emacs 21.3.1 Subject: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: dns/noip 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: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 19:28:53 -0000 I'm able to fetch everything. I don't understand. Could the script that generates this email provide some output so that I could know how the fetch is failing? Eyal Bill "distfiles" Fenner writes: > Dear esoha@attbi.com, > > 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 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/esoha@attbi.com.html > > and correct the problems listed there? The individual port with > a problem is dns/noip. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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= line, with a comment explaining why. > Once you have a solution, use "send-pr" to submit a "diff -u" of the > Makefile. > > 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. > > Thanks, > Bill "distfiles" Fenner.