[MacPorts] #52376: usbutils @007 update USB ID database to version 2016.09.07

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#52376: usbutils @007 update USB ID database to version 2016.09.07
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  Reporter:  leonardo.schenkel@…  |      Owner:  bernhard@…
      Type:  enhancement          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal               |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                |    Version:
Resolution:                       |   Keywords:  haspatch
      Port:  usbutils             |
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Comment (by larryv@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 leonardo.schenkel@…]:
 > Sure, we can download it from there at build time. The reason I didn't
 > do it was because I thought that was an anti-pattern.

 No, it’s the opposite—putting non-patches in `filespath` is unorthodox.
 Very few ports do this.

 > I have attached a new patch that does it — maybe there is a more
 > idiomatic MacPorts way instead that doing a `curl`?

 The usual method is to add the additional files to `distfiles` and set
 `extract.only`. You can find examples by searching the ports tree for
 “extract.only”.

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