[MacPorts] #31987: netpbm install tries to fetch nonexistent file

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#31987: netpbm install tries to fetch nonexistent file
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 Reporter:  nathmclean@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                 |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:                        |        Port:  netpbm                               
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 Yes, MacPorts tries to download pre-built archives from
 packages.macports.org. No, it is not a problem if a package is not found
 there; in that case, MacPorts will try to download the source code and
 compile it on your system. In your case, the problem is that downloading
 the source code from netpbm's repository failed, for an unknown reason
 (perhaps #29692).

 Yes, we only publish .tbz2 archives on packages.macports.org. For some
 reason your MacPorts is set to use .tgz archives. Perhaps you originally
 installed MacPorts a long time ago, when that was the default archive
 type. I recommend you edit /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf and
 change portarchivetype to tbz2, or better yet just comment out that line
 so it uses the default (tbz2). Many other settings in macports.conf have
 changed since the days when tgz was the default archive type, so you
 should spend some time comparing macports.conf with macports.conf.default
 in the same directory, and adopt any changes from macports.conf.default
 that you haven't deliberately changed.

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