FreeBSD ports: 3 unfetchable distfiles: deskutils/mrundlg,
sysutils/graphicbo
Matthew Holder
sixxgate at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 24 18:48:30 PST 2006
I have fixed the problem.
>From: fenner at FreeBSD.Org (Bill "distfiles" Fenner)
>Reply-To: ports at FreeBSD.Org
>To: sixxgate at hotmail.com
>Subject: FreeBSD ports: 3 unfetchable distfiles:
>deskutils/mrundlg,sysutils/graphicboot,sysutils/mmore
>Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:01:45 GMT
>
>Dear sixxgate at hotmail.com,
>
> You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 3 ports
>whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES. Could
>you please visit
>
>http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/sixxgate@hotmail.com.html
>
>and correct the problems listed there? The individual ports with
>problems are deskutils/mrundlg,sysutils/graphicboot,sysutils/mmore.
>
> 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 necessarily 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 a search engine 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.
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