FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfile: devel/cdialog

[Sylvio Cesar]

Ok.

On 1/21/06, Bill "distfiles" Fenner <fenner at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Dear sylvioc at gmail.com,
>
>        You are listed as the FreeBSD port maintainer for 1 port
> whose distfiles are not fetchable from their MASTER_SITES.  Could
> you please visit
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/sylvioc@gmail.com.html
>
> and correct the problems listed there?  The individual port with
> a problem is devel/cdialog.
>
>        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.
>