On 3/22/06, Donald T Hayford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I try to install the multimedia/handbrake port, I get the following > error message: > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found > => HandBrake-0.6.2-src.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in > /usr/ports/distfiles/. > => Attempting to fetch from http://people.via.ecp.fr/~titer/handbrake/. > fetch: > http://people.via.ecp.fr/~titer/handbrake/HandBrake-0.6.2-src.tar.gz: > Not Found > => Attempting to fetch from > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/. > fetch: > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/HandBrake-0.6.2-src.tar.gz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/handbrake. > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > When I go to the URL, I find that the only version available is 0.7.1, > which was apparently released 2/24/2006. The earlier version is > probably available through some sort of source control, but I wasn't > smart enough to figure out what/where/how. > > Being new to FreeBSD, I don't know the proper procedure in this case. > > Should I report this to someone? Or is taken care of in some other > way? Or is this the wrong forum? > > Can I just manually edit the port Makefile and distinfo file to have the > correct version/size/MD5 etc? Or is this too simplistic a fix that will > screw up other things? > > As always, > Thanks for your support > > Don Hayford > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
Handbrake maintainership was dropped a few days ago. I spent a couple of minutes trying to update it, but I ended up reading jam manual and wondering why somebody wants to use it over make. You can have a look at the Porter's Handbook and see if you can take maintainership. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"