On 02/08/2012 02:12, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > lini...@freebsd.org wrote: > >> portname: graphics/vrml2pov >> description: Convert VRML files to POVRay source >> maintainer: po...@freebsd.org >> status: BROKEN >> deprecated because: unfetchable > > This seems to be a ports-infrastructure problem, rather than a > problem in the vrml2pov port.
No, it's a "No one cares enough about this port to step forward and maintain it" problem. > "make fetch-recursive" reports > > fetch: > http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/paul/vrml2pov/dist/v0.7/vrml2pov-src.zip: > Moved Temporarily > > and gives up after the attempt from ftp.FreeBSD.org also fails. > However, Firefox successfully downloads the distfile from the > chemicalgraphics.com URL. The infrastructure needs to handle > redirections. That's arguable, but once again it's an issue that no one has stepped up to fix. FWIW, I find this firefox plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/live-http-headers really useful to track down where the real URLs are .... especially for SF sites. Doug -- It's always a long day; 86400 doesn't fit into a short. Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ 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"
