RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:17:31 +0200 > Emanuel Haupt <eha...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Usually when I find that a port can't fetch the according distfile I > > simply google for the distfile with the following search string > > (e.g. for rsync): > > > > intitle:"index of" rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz > > > > This approach almost always delivers plenty of results. I then > > manually download one of the results into my DISTDIR and restart the > > normal build process > > How often do you actually do this? Whenever I have a problem with a > distfile it's normally a rerolled file that's been propagated to all > mirrors.
Unfortunately, recently much more often. Especially with non default OPTIONS that pull in additional patches/distfiles. Emanuel _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
