Toni Mueller [2006-05-11, 11:06:31]:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I wanted to fix a problem I have, but stumbled over this:
> 
>  
> MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/distfiles/${cipher}/${value}/";
> 
> (in bsd.port.mk)
> 
> The problem is that this directory
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/distfiles/ does not exist. Since
> upstream managed to put up a tarball that is different from what's
> required in the OpenBSD ports mechanism, but under the same name, I am
> now unsure as to how to proceed.
> 
> In theory, as far as I understood, the directory named above should be
> there and hold all upstream distfiles as a last resort, for all
> supported releases (ie, 3.8 and 3.9).
> 
> The culprit is db-4.2 which I need for 3.8/i386, but can't easily get
> at atm. So far, I hope to get at the file to avoid re-constructing the
> port...

Yes, the distfiles directory seems to be gone temporarily.
I remember fixing the distinfo because they changed it. However, we don't
propagate this kind of fixes to the -stable branches. Normally you can
copy over the distinfo file from the 3.9 or current ports tree.

steven

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