Re: How do I configure a port to get a specific sourceforge commit?

In message <56d5e798-9bb4-ca9a-5fbf-59a7b17a334b@freebsd.org>, Craig Leres 
writ
es:
> I'm trying to update graphics/netpbm to an actively maintained repo (PR 
> 262212). I'm told by some that this is the current best choice:
>
>      https://sourceforge.net/projects/netpbm/
>
> Unfortunately its idea of "release management" is less than ideal.
>
> Let's say I browse this commit log:
>
>      https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/4616/log/?path=/advanced
>
> and decide that release 11.03.04/commit r4606 is interesting. I can 
> download it if I click on "Tree" for that commit and then "Download 
> Snapshot" it gives me this as the "direct link":
>
>  
> https://sourceforge.net/code-snapshots/svn/n/ne/netpbm/code/netpbm-code-r4606
> -advanced.zip
>
> This definitely works. But I don't find an existing port that uses 
> sourceforge with a specific commit and no combination of 
> "MASTERSITES=SF..." I've tried works.
>
> I have something that does work but it's a horrible hack, essentially:
>
>      DISTVERSION=   11.03.04
>      MASTER_SITES= 
> ${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:S,/project/%SUBDIR%/,/code-snapshots/svn/n/ne/netpb
> m/code/,}
>      DISTNAME=      netpbm-code-r4606-advanced
>      USES=          zip
>
> Is there a less hacky way to do this?
>
> 		Craig
>

I proxy my -devel ports (cde-devel and motif-devel) based on SF sources 
through my GH account, and the wpa_supplicant-devel/hostapd-devel on a git 
repo at w1.fi using that method as well. This allows me to use GH plumbing.

I probably wouldn't suggest this for a non -devel port but if you're ever 
thinking of a netpbm-devel, this may be easier, allowing the use of the GH 
plumbing in ports.

What I do is clone the remote repo and change the remote name from origin 
to upstream, setting the GH remote to origin and pushing to GH. To update I 
git fetch upstream, git rebase upstream/main, and finally git push origin.

This too is a hack, probably just as hacky as your hack.


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