New kind of ports

[Björn König]

meka wrote:

> Sam Lawrance <boris at brooknet.com.au> wrote:
> 
>>In that case you want 'make checksum'. See the 'ports' manpage.
> 
> 	Maybe I didn't express my self right. How about the (meta) rule
> fetch:
> 	checksum || do-fetch

'make checksum' does exactly what you want: fetch the file, make a 
checksum, compare it, try to fetch the file again if it's incorrect, 
make a new checksum, compare it again ...

If you just want to change the behaviour of 'make fetch' because you 
think it might be confusing to new users then offer a patch. If it is 
good and works without changing the current behaviour of other rules 
(e.g. checksum) then maybe someone will commit it.

Björn