On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:52:20 +0100 Ian Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:
> Hi there, > > I'm trying to build a port of PacketForth, (https://packets.goto10.org/) > and it's going pretty well. However, as it's still in the early stages > of development, there are no tarfiles available online, and the > preferred method of fetching the source is by using the darcs version > control system. The single command I ran to get the source was "darcs > get http://url"; and I was wondering it's possible for a port to retrieve > files in this way. I've been following the porters handbook, but it > assumes use fetch(1) for everything. Should I tar up the sources > periodically and host them on a webserver somewhere? Is that the > preferred way of doing things? > > Thanks for any help guys, It would be better to create a snapshot and upload it somewhere. Although it is impossible to redefine do-fetch target and get files from CVS/darcs it would be hard to check files consistency, since their sizes will vary depending on snapshot date/time/revision, so you should provide tag/date switch to repository checkout program. Additionally, you should issue own checksum checking code or add every file in distinfo/DISTFILES. -- Stanislav Sedov MBSD labs, Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Россия, Москва http://mbsd.msk.ru -------------------------------------------------------------------- If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- A. Einstein -------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP fingerprint: F21E D6CC 5626 9609 6CE2 A385 2BF5 5993 EB26 9581
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