svn commit: r400685 - head/net/sie-nmsg

[Kubilay Kocak]

On 3/11/2015 5:03 PM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On  3 Nov, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>> On 3/11/2015 4:22 PM, Don Lewis wrote:
>>> Author: truckman
>>> Date: Tue Nov  3 05:22:51 2015
>>> New Revision: 400685
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/400685
>>>
>>> Log:
>>>   Test to see if portscout is happier with http instead of https.
>>>
>>> Modified:
>>>   head/net/sie-nmsg/Makefile
>>>
>>> Modified: head/net/sie-nmsg/Makefile
>>> ==============================================================================
>>> --- head/net/sie-nmsg/Makefile	Tue Nov  3 04:55:58 2015	(r400684)
>>> +++ head/net/sie-nmsg/Makefile	Tue Nov  3 05:22:51 2015	(r400685)
>>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libprotobuf-c.so:${PORTSDIR
>>>  GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
>>>  USES=	gmake libtool pathfix pkgconfig
>>>  
>>> -PORTSCOUT=	${MASTER_SITES:N*FreeBSD*:S/^/site:/}
>>> +PORTSCOUT=	${MASTER_SITES:N*FreeBSD*:S/^https/site:http/}
>>>  
>>>  INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
>>>  
>>>
>>
>> If there's an issue with https sites, could you please report it in
>> Bugzilla under Services:Portscout so it's tracked and we (someone TM)
>> can take a look.
> 
> I've already reported it, though I guess under the wrong category,
> though it did get assigned:
> <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204135>

Great thank you :)

> At one time it worked for me, but it's been busted for quite a while.
> This commit is an experiment to see if it is an https URL problem.
> 
> Back when I first started working on the Farsight ports, I was using an
> http URL, which I later found out was a fib because the response to the
> http request has always been a 301 redirect to the https URL.  I'm
> wondering if that detail flew under portscout's radar and it worked
> because it thought it was using http.
> 
> I'd try it locally except that portscount appears to be a nightmare to
> install, set up, and run.

It's actually quite easy (though it doesn't appear that way). Easier
still is with SQLITE. Post-install, run a single command to create the
schema (see readme), then just run the portscout command you want

> 
>> There's an update pending that fixes several issues (with github/pypi)
>> and improves things in portscout. I'm hoping to see it improved a little
>> more consistently in the future:
>>
>> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3996
>