On 3/11/2013 8:57 PM, Alex Laurie wrote: > Hi all, > > Writing my first port form scratch and going through the slow porting > method in the handbook. However I'm having problems fetching the source > from Github. Any pointers? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >
Absolutely Alex :) Mk/bsd.sites.mk supports USE_GITHUB=yes for fetching There are additional GH_* knobs listed there that are also needed: GH_ACCOUNT GH_PROJECT GH_TAGNAME GH_COMMIT Note that not all of the above are *always* required, depending on repository and project naming. Grep the ports tree for USE_GITHUB for examples, one of mine is: databases/py-redis Enjoy! -- koobs _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
