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From: Jesse Smith on 14 Jul 2010 15:46 This morning I tried to build and install a port, math/emc2 and received an error message saying there was a size mismatch. As I understand it, this means the upstream source package is now a different size than it was when the emc2 port was created. If I understand correctly, this usually happens when an update has been put in place or, possibly, when a security breach has happened. The emc2 port currently doesn't have a specific maintainer. So I'm curious as to how I can go about fixing this? Should I basically re-create the port and submit it as a PR change request? I know the technicalities of putting together and/or fixing a port, but not the proper protocol for this sort of thing. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you. - Jesse _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Scot Hetzel on 15 Jul 2010 01:25 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: > This morning I tried to build and install a port, math/emc2 and received > an error message saying there was a size mismatch. As I understand it, > this means the upstream source package is now a different size than it > was when the emc2 port was created. If I understand correctly, this > usually happens when an update has been put in place or, possibly, when > a security breach has happened. > > The emc2 port currently doesn't have a specific maintainer. So I'm > curious as to how I can go about fixing this? Should I basically > re-create the port and submit it as a PR change request? > > I know the technicalities of putting together and/or fixing a port, but > not the proper protocol for this sort of thing. Any advice would be > appreciated. > Have you tried removing the emc2 source from your distfiles and then re-fetching the sources? If they still failed the ports ideal of the file size and check sum, see if you can locate a copy of the original sources on a mirror. Then extract both versions and perform a diff between the sources to find out what had changed. If your unable to locate the original source, email the emc2 author to see if he had uploaded a new copy of the sources and what had changed. After you have done this, and the new sources are valid, submit a PR to update the port. Also, if your interested in maintaining the port, set your self as the new maintainer. Scot _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Jesse Smith on 15 Jul 2010 08:06 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: > This morning I tried to build and install a port, math/emc2 and received > an error message saying there was a size mismatch. As I understand it, > this means the upstream source package is now a different size than it > was when the emc2 port was created. If I understand correctly, this > usually happens when an update has been put in place or, possibly, when > a security breach has happened. > > The emc2 port currently doesn't have a specific maintainer. So I'm > curious as to how I can go about fixing this? Should I basically > re-create the port and submit it as a PR change request? > > I know the technicalities of putting together and/or fixing a port, but > not the proper protocol for this sort of thing. Any advice would be > appreciated. > Have you tried removing the emc2 source from your distfiles and then re-fetching the sources? If they still failed the ports ideal of the file size and check sum, see if you can locate a copy of the original sources on a mirror. Then extract both versions and perform a diff between the sources to find out what had changed. If your unable to locate the original source, email the emc2 author to see if he had uploaded a new copy of the sources and what had changed. After you have done this, and the new sources are valid, submit a PR to update the port. Also, if your interested in maintaining the port, set your self as the new maintainer. Scot =============================== Scot, Thanks for the advice. I was able to find a copy of the source package on the upstream project's website. After confirming the package could be built/installed, I submitted a new PR change request with my modifications to the Port. Jesse _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
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