Fwd: [MacPorts] #17761: molden4.6 rev 11: checksum error

Rainer Müller raimue at macports.org
Sat Dec 27 05:52:02 PST 2008


Jochen Küpper wrote:
> However, it is important that the tar-ball is always downloaded from  
> the original site (see Portfile for details).
> Nevertheless, port checks for macports mirrors:
> 
> DEBUG: ftp.cmbi.ru.nl ping time is 225.490
> DEBUG: distfiles.macports.org ping time is 310.530
> DEBUG: trd.no.distfiles.macports.org ping time is 239.436
> 
> How can I make sure, in the Portfile, that the mirrors are never used?

No, the mirror sites are always tried. We are aware that molden should
not be mirrored and that it has a "special" license. The molden port is
explicitely excluded in the scripts used for mirroring.

See
<http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/base/portmgr/jobs/mirror_macports.sh>

Rainer


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