github repo to port connection

[Athanasios Douitsis]

Hello and thanks,

I think this is to fetch sources from github. What I mean is to use github
instead of having to construct a .shar for a new version of a port.

Kind regards,
Athanasios


On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Kurt Jaeger <lists at opsec.eu> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> > > Totally new to ports maintenance, please bear.
> > >
> > > Is there a way for a port to be semi-automatically updated from a
> github
> > > repo as its source?
> >
> > Yes, see
> >
> > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-
> handbook/book.html#makefile-distfiles
> >
> > and the USE_GITHUB example.
>
> It's section 5.4.3, USE_GITHUB, in the porters handbook.
>
> --
> pi at opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         3 years to
> go !
>



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Athanasios Douitsis