sharing port files

[Elias Pipping]

On Apr 23, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Zoltán Nagy wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have some port file and I set up a repository which is available  
> via http protocol.
> (http://cern.ch/nagyz/macports)
>
> I added to the sources.conf the following line:
>
> http://cern.ch/nagyz/macports/
>
> The synchronization works fine but when I try to install something  
> I get the following message:
>
> $ sudo port -d install nlojet++
> DEBUG: Found port in http://cern.ch/nagyz/macports//science/nlojet++
> DEBUG: Port extract failed:
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>     while executing
> "darwinports::fetch_port $url"
>     ("^https?$|^ftp$" arm line 2)
>     invoked from within
> "switch -regexp -- ${protocol} {
>                         {^file$} {
>                                 return $string
>                         }
>                         {^dports$} {
>                                 return  
> [darwinports::index::fetch_port $url $destdir]
>                         }
>         ..."
>     (procedure "darwinports::getportdir" line 3)
>     invoked from within
> "darwinports::getportdir $porturl $portdir"
>     (procedure "dportopen" line 26)
>     invoked from within
> "dportopen $porturl [array get options] [array get variations]"
> Error: Unable to open port: Port extract failed:
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> If I set up a local repository then everything is OK.
> Is it possible to use http:// in the sources.conf file?

using https or ftp would solve the issue i guess, judging by the output


Regards,

Elias Pipping