Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

btw, just so you know, for your own purposes to get things done, there is no need to spend three days figuring this out, or use the github PortGroup at all. Just use the full URL path to the file as master_sites, and then the filename as distfiles, and move on. You're done in 10 seconds. Somet

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

On Apr 29, 2020, at 08:12, macpo...@parvis.nl wrote: > On 2020-04-29, at 13:11, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On Apr 28, 2020, at 06:58, macpo...@parvis.nl wrote: >> >>> Ryan Schmidt said: >>> You want: github.setupsnabb downtimed 1.0 version- github.tarball_from arch

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

On 28/04/2020 06.02, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > On Apr 27, 2020, at 14:15, macpo...@parvis.nl wrote: > >> i’m trying to do a macports localinstall portgroup github for downtimed but >> it downloads from macports.org, not github.com. > > It attempts to download from all locations, including GitH

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

> On 2020-04-29, at 13:11, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > > On Apr 28, 2020, at 06:58, macpo...@parvis.nl wrote: > >> Ryan Schmidt said: >> >>> You want: >>> >>> github.setupsnabb downtimed 1.0 version- >>> github.tarball_from archive >> >> but that results in >> https://github.com/sn

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

On Apr 28, 2020, at 06:58, macpo...@parvis.nl wrote: > Ryan Schmidt said: > >> You want: >> >> github.setupsnabb downtimed 1.0 version- >> github.tarball_from archive > > but that results in > https://github.com/snabb/downtimed/archive/version-1.0/downtimed-1.0.tar.gz > (the versio

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

> On 2020-04-28, at 06:02, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > > > On Apr 27, 2020, at 14:15, macpo...@parvis.nl > wrote: > >> i’m trying to do a macports localinstall portgroup github for downtimed but >> it downloads from macports.org , not github.com

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

On Apr 27, 2020, at 14:15, macpo...@parvis.nl wrote: > i’m trying to do a macports localinstall portgroup github for downtimed but > it downloads from macports.org, not github.com. It attempts to download from all locations, including GitHub and the MacPorts mirrors. The file isn't on any of

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

I would suggest you try going with what the github PG wants to use for it's defaults for this moment, and see what you think of that. It's usually good. We do prefer, if there is one, an official "GitHub Release" which sometimes has extra stuff in it, but this is your own personal Portfile righ

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

> On 2020-04-27, at 21:55, Ken Cunningham > wrote: > > it takes some work sometimes to make the github PortGroup obey your bidding: > > > you know that you want this file: > > https://github.com/snabb/downtimed/archive/version-1.0.tar.gz > > > you would have thought that setting: > > gith

Re: macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

it takes some work sometimes to make the github PortGroup obey your bidding: you know that you want this file: https://github.com/snabb/downtimed/archive/version-1.0.tar.gz you would have thought that setting: github.tarball_from archive would work to get you that file, but it does not, bec

macports localinstall github tries to download from macports

i’m trying to do a macports localinstall portgroup github for downtimed but it downloads from macports.org, not github.com. what is wrong here? homepage: https://github.com/snabb/downtimed/releases download: https://github.com/snabb/downtimed/archive/version-1.0.tar.gz portfile: PortSystem