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Date:      Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:13:18 -0800
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: fetch-recursive broken? Is this a ports issue or just a problem with the PostgreSQL port?
Message-ID:  <20061227161318.GA37308@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20061227102419.0a7cb6a5.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
References:  <20061226173950.0412f4bc.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061227032400.GD2029@charon.picobyte.net> <20061227102419.0a7cb6a5.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>

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On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 10:24:19AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org>:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 05:39:50PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> > > 
> > > Why should the fetch-recursive target care what's installed?  Hell, I just
> > > want the distfile on the server so I can install it on other machines.
> > 
> > I agree. Perhaps we should automatically set NO_IGNORE and TRYBROKEN for
> > the fetch-recursive target.
> 
> I'm getting lost in all the Makefiles trying to cobble together a patch
> to submit.  Anyone familiar enough with the ports tree to do so, or at
> least point me in the correct direction?

Bill,

This will probably require the expertise of someone who's familiar
with the Mk/bsd.port.mk framework.  I can confirm what you're
reporting, though (and have also wondered about it myself...)

Also, does "make fetch" work (vs. "make fetch-recursive") ?

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