[PATCH] format violation in /lang/f2c fixed
Philipp Ost
pj at smo.de
Fri Oct 13 10:18:49 PDT 2006
LI Xin wrote:
> Hi, Philipp,
>
> Philipp Ost wrote:
>
>>Hi list,
>>
>>I fixed this error which occurs when installing /lang/f2c via ports:
>
>
> Thanks. We are aware of this issue, but this is more a gzip regression
> rather than a wrong distfile.
I didn't know that. In fact, I was pissed of that I couldn't install
f2c. :) The distfile was only changed because I changed the
f2c.tar-archive ;)
> A possible workaround for this would be
> to use minigzip instead of gunzip.
You can see my solution as just another workaround. The archives for
this port now just work[tm] - I know this isn't the perfect solution for
any length of time. ;)
> I have proposed a potential long
> term solution by replacing GNU gzip with BSD gzip, as discussed in
> recent -current mailing list.
I read that :) I will try out your patches.
Regards,
Philipp
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