master_sites question

[Chris Pickel]

On 11 Oct, 2007, at 10:27, script this wrote:
> I'm trying to port fvwm2 and so far there have been 3
> packages that for whatever reason wouldn't download
> from the sites in master_sites list in the Portfiles.
> I've downloaded the packages myself, put them on my
> own server, added my site to each Portfile's
> master_site list, then rerun port fvwm2.  Is there a
> "global" master_sites setting somewhere that I can add
> my url to?  So I don't have to edit each Portfile?  It
> looks like they all have this line in the master_sites
> list:
>
> macports:lt:lt
>
> what does it mean?  can i use it for my purposes
> somehow?

Roughly, the syntax of a master_sites declaration is "location:tag",  
with the tag being optional. Obviously, valid locations include e.g.  
http://example.org/ or ftp://example.org/.

macports also supports locations such as, in this case, macports:lt.  
That is rewritten to http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/ 
distfiles/lt/

The purpose of the tag is to identify the locations of multiple  
distfiles. In any of the ports you see macports:lt:lt in, you would  
see the e.g. "ltmain13:lt" meaning that the file "ltmain13" should be  
downloaded from the master_site with the tag "lt".


To more directly address your concern, the file /opt/local/share/ 
macports/resources/port1.0/fetch/mirror_sites.tcl lists mirror sites  
for `macports`. I believe if you add your site there, it will be used  
as part of the standard fallback procedure. Changes will be  
overwritten on selfupdate, since you're really not supposed to be  
changing that file ;)

If your goal is to produce a working fvwm2 port, the files should  
really be fetchable, though. If you've found them online, the best  
thing would be to point the master_sites there, or at worst to upload  
them to the standard macports distfiles dir for the benefit of  
everyone else.


Chris
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