Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:11:57 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: patch for force fetch Message-ID: <4DD0F86D.7060404@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD0E335.7060601@FreeBSD.org> References: <4DD0CC21.5050305@FreeBSD.org> <4DD0DCD3.4030906@gmail.com> <4DD0E335.7060601@FreeBSD.org>
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On 16/05/2011 10:41, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 16/05/2011 11:14 David Demelier said the following: >> On 16/05/2011 09:02, Andriy Gapon wrote: >>> >>> I've noticed the following problem. >>> If a distfile is updated by a distributor without renaming it (so that checksum >>> and possibly size change), then more often than not the port build system would >>> fail to fetch the distfile. >>> An example: > [snip] >>> I think that this happens because the old version of the distfile is still >>> present in download target location and fetch(1) thinks that it has a partially >>> downloaded file and tries to be smart. >>> >>> The following patch simply tries to remove the stale distfile before calling >>> fetch. Maybe there is a smarter way about this, like e.g. passing some option >>> to fetch. > [snip] >> >> make -DNO_CHECKSUM=yes ... is probably what you want, I guess. > > I fail to see why. Can you elaborate? > Sorry I misunderstood what you wanted.. Also I didn't see your @FreeBSD.org ;-) Cheers, -- David Demelier
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