force github file extension for fetch? (tar.bz2 instead of tar.gz)

[Michael Gmelin]

> On 3. Jun 2019, at 19:03, Gary Aitken <freebsd at dreamchaser.org> wrote:
> 
> In attempting to build a new port (prusa3d slicer) I need another new
> port (wxWidgets).  The original distfile fetch of wxWidgets was a .tar.gz.
> The configure phase had an error; a search for the source of the error
> turned up a bug (old) which claimed the error was solved by fetching the
> distfile as a .tar.bz2.
> .tar.bz2 is the github *nix distfile for the port.
> 
> Is it possible to force fetching of .tar.bz2 instead of .tar.gz if both are
> available?  Or how does one get around the problem?
> 
> 11.2-RELEASE-p4
> relevant Makefile details:
> 
> PORTNAME=       wxwidgets
> DISTVERSIONPREFIX=      v
> DISTVERSION=    3.1.2
> USE_GITHUB=     yes
> GH_ACCOUNT=     wxWidgets
> GH_PROJECT=     wxWidgets
> 

See 5.4.5 in the porters handbook (EXTRACT_SUFX)

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-distfiles.html

-m


> Thanks,
> 
> Gary
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