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

[Gary Aitken]

On 6/3/19 11:19 AM, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> 
> 
>> 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

Thanks; unfortunately it doesn't seem to work
If I set
   EXTRACT_SUFX=   .tar.bz2
it still fetches .tar.gz
If I set
   DISTFILES=  wxWidgets-wxWidgets-v3.1.2_GH0.tar.bz2
it also still fetches .tar.gz

If I manually fetch the file and set the above variables (separate attempts),
make makesum will compute the checksum for both files (if both are present),
but a make extract uses the .gz, not the .bz2
If I get rid of (rename) the .gz, it ignores the .bz2 and tries to fetch
the .gz.

Does EXTRACT_SUFX conflict with USE_GITHUB?

Thanks,
Gary