Re: [package - main-amd64-default] [net/fort] Failed for fort-1.7.0 in fetch

From: Philip Paeps <philip_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:56:59 UTC
On 2026-08-01 20:40:26 (+0800), pkg-fallout@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> => fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /portdistfiles.
> => Attempting to fetch https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/download/1.7.0/fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz
> fetch: https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/download/1.7.0/fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz: Not Found
> => Attempting to fetch http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz
> fetch: http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz: Not Found
> => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> => port manually into /portdistfiles and try again.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> make: stopped making "fetch" in /usr/ports/net/fort

Sorry about that.  Fixed in fc30167e0187.

I originally added .experimental to DISTVERSION before realising that DISTVERSIONSUFFIX was a better place for it.  I already had the distfile when I tested that change so my test did nothing.

A shiny new pointy hat for my collection.

Philip