On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:17:31PM +0200, Emanuel Haupt 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 which then automatically takes care of the integrity > (checksum, size) of the distfile(s). > > I thought, why not automate this and I came up with a simple perl > script (requires www/p5-Google-Search): > > http://people.freebsd.org/~ehaupt/distfile-search/distfile-search >
Very cool and wonderfully efficient! One possible enhancement might be to also (conditionally?) search for the size from distinfo; this is particularly useful when dealing with distfiles which lack a version number. -- Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson _______________________________________________ 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"