MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR

[Adam Weinberger]

> On 24 Jun, 2015, at 9:34, Mathieu Arnold <mat at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> +--On 24 juin 2015 09:13:46 -0600 Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org> wrote:
> |> On 24 Jun, 2015, at 8:52, Mathieu Arnold <mat at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> |> 
> |> +--On 24 juin 2015 08:29:49 -0600 Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org>
> |> wrote:
> |> | Is there a reason not to do this?
> |> 
> |> Not *all* ports fetch fine without the MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR, so, that's why
> |> it's not done.
> |> 
> |> If you find some that do build fine, feel free to remove the
> |> MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR line.
> |> 
> |> -- 
> |> Mathieu Arnold
> | 
> | Wow you're not kidding... now that I'm testing it out there are tons that
> | don't fetch without MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR.
> 
> Exactly, also, when a new module is uploaded, it ends up in the author's
> directory, it's then linked in the by-module hierarchy, but it can take
> some time before it gets there (as in days/weeks)

Yikes. So then the choice is between portscout taking weeks to notice most updates, vs. portscout missing some updates entirely.

# Adam


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