github fetch not working (solved, mostly)

[Gary Aitken]

On 03/18/18 14:53, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> Gary Aitken wrote on 2018/03/18 20:04:
>> Trying to work up a development port of ufraw, fetching from 
>> https://github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw.git (or at least that's where I
>> can get the source manually) Going slowly, just trying to get the
>> source fetched properly:
...
>> ufraw-devel-g20161113 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found 
>> => sergiomb2-ufraw-g20161113_GH0.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in
>> ../../distfiles/ufraw-devel. => Attempting to fetch
>> https://codeload.github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw/tar.gz/g20161113?dummy=/sergiomb2-ufraw-g20161113_GH0.tar.gz
>>
>> 
fetch: https://codeload.github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw/tar.gz/g20161113?dummy=/sergiomb2-ufraw-g20161113_GH0.tar.gz: Not Found
>> => Attempting to fetch
>> http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/ufraw-devel/sergiomb2-ufraw-g20161113_GH0.tar.gz
>>
>> 
fetch: http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/ufraw-devel/sergiomb2-ufraw-g20161113_GH0.tar.gz: Not Found
>> => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this => port manually
>> into ../../distfiles/ufraw-devel and try again.
>> 
>> It was my understanding that the USE_GITHUB target would somehow 
>> magically clone the tree and build the requisite tarball, or
>> unpack the whole thing into distfiles.  Obviously I'm missing
>> something. Clues?
>> 
>> Makefile: # $FreeBSD$
>> 
>> DISTDIR=        ../../distfiles PORTNAME=       ufraw-devel 
>> DISTVERSION=    g20161113 CATEGORIES=     graphics #MASTER_SITES=
>> https://github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw.git
>> 
>> USE_GITHUB=     yes GH_ACCOUNT=     sergiomb2 GH_PROJECT=
>> ufraw #GH_TAGNAME=    g6d3259aa
>> 
>> DIST_SUBDIR=${PORTNAME}
>> 
>> MAINTAINER=     freebsd at dreamchaser.org COMMENT=        Read and
>> manipulate raw images from digital cameras LICENSE=        GPLv2
>> 
>> .include <bsd.port.mk>
> 
> 
> Where did you get this version number? DISTVERSION=    g20161113

I was trying to follow example 5.13 in the porter's handbook.
However, this particular git tree has only a main branch and no
tags, so it's not a perfect fit.

> What about this
> 
> PORTNAME=       ufraw-devel PORTVERSION=    g20161113 CATEGORIES=
> graphics MASTER_SITES=   GH
> 
> MAINTAINER=     freebsd at dreamchaser.org COMMENT=        Read and
> manipulate raw images from digital cameras
> 
> LICENSE=        GPLv2
> 
> USE_GITHUB=     yes GH_ACCOUNT=     sergiomb2 GH_PROJECT=     ufraw 
> GH_TAGNAME=     6d3259a
> 
> .include <bsd.port.mk>

Unfortunately, that yields the same results.
However, thanks for the hints;
I did get it to work as follows:

MASTER_SITES=   https://github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw/archive/
DISTNAME=       master

The link shown on the website for a "Download zip file" is
   https://github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw/archive/master.zip
But the file fetched was
   ufraw-devel/master.tar.gz

$ make fetch
...
=> Attempting to fetch https://github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw/archive/master.tar.gz
fetch: https://github.com/sergiomb2/ufraw/archive/master.tar.gz: size of remote file is not known

However, I'm still puzzled because this method totally ignores all the
special hooks that are supposed to make a git repository work.

Thanks!