distfiles in URL in mirror_sites.tcl

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 24, 2013, at 06:13, Rainer Müller wrote:
> On 2013-02-23 15:19, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> Can I have ${distfiles} within a URL defined in a fetch group?

> Notwithstanding possible changes to base to accommodate such an URL in a
> better way, I would propose to use the following:
> 
> mirror_sites.tcl:
>  set portfetch::mirror_sites::sites(php) {
>      http://us2.php.net/get/:nosubdir
>  }
> 
> Portfile:
>  distname        php-${version}
>  use_bzip2       yes
>  master_sites    php:[suffix ${distname}]/from/this/mirror?dummy=
> 
> If multiple files are required for a port, these could still be pinned
> to a specific master_site using tags. My solution is kind of a hack, as
> it abuses the subdir component, but I can't think of anything better
> with the current base.

Thanks! This hack looks great and hadn't occurred to me; it's much better than what I was fearing I would have to do. If the PHP people won't fix their server, this is what I'll use.