Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:59:51 +0300 From: Athanasios Douitsis <aduitsis@gmail.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: github repo to port connection Message-ID: <CABT9mj8Y=%2BWM8RwUL7UXAgO9X9hK_-qkjjXOrEomXQcssk0Fcw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170718135602.GK39925@home.opsec.eu> References: <CABT9mj9-CD96NAAPf5QEog4c1pd5r6hMbjgaG_cVun7z=bGXyw@mail.gmail.com> <20170718135446.GJ39925@home.opsec.eu> <20170718135602.GK39925@home.opsec.eu>
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Hello and thanks, I think this is to fetch sources from github. What I mean is to use github instead of having to construct a .shar for a new version of a port. Kind regards, Athanasios On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: > Hi! > > > > Totally new to ports maintenance, please bear. > > > > > > Is there a way for a port to be semi-automatically updated from a > github > > > repo as its source? > > > > Yes, see > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters- > handbook/book.html#makefile-distfiles > > > > and the USE_GITHUB example. > > It's section 5.4.3, USE_GITHUB, in the porters handbook. > > -- > pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 3 years to > go ! > -- Athanasios Douitsis
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