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[Sean Farley]

> I ask for a .tgz file and got the links I mentioned above. If you think they sound wrong, I’ll retry. Since the portfile has not been committed, I can still alter it freely.

That's because you're requesting the zipball:
${base}/${repository}/zipball/${tag}. Just change the url to
${base}/${repository}/tarball/${tag} and you should get the .tar.gz
file.