[Bug 227600] porter's handbook: use of distinfo

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227600

--- Comment #3 from Tobias Kortkamp <tobik at freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to freebsd from comment #2)

> However, if one is updating a port, one needs to do the fetch before one can
> run make makesum to produce an up-to-date version of distinfo.  But one can't
> do the fetch if a distinfo is lying around. 

This is incorrect.  Let me try and clarify.

If you change PORTVERSION/DISTNAME/DISTFILES/...  and then run `make
makesum` the new distfiles are fetched first and distinfo is replaced
with their checksums irregardless of what was in distinfo before.
You do *not* have to run `make fetch` first.

'makesum' is the target you should use as a maintainer not 'fetch'.

Can you add a link to the section of the Porter's Handbook that you find
problematic?

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