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

On 2023-08-26 05:18, Cy Schubert wrote:
> 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.

You don't, that's why we've linked to the repos in the PR.

https://github.com/ceamac/netpbm-make-dist is used by Alpine and the 
other with by Arch.
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/community/netpbm/APKBUILD

Best regards,
Daniel