Exmh FreeBSD port

Hi,

It's been some time since my last post :)

I've recently converted to using the FreeBSD port on our systems, and I've
noticed that because the exmh release file isn't updated concurrent to the
CVS, there isn't a simple way to update a ported version with revisions
from CVS. Today, I found a way that isn't _too_ awkward and thought it
might be useful to others.

    *  check out the revision that you want, usually just the head of the
    tree (run first command only if the first time) - do this in
    /var/db/origins so that it will be retained for later

cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/exmh login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/exmh co -P exmh

    * change into the /var/db/origins/exmh directory and run

make realsrctar

    * copy the resulting file exmh-2.7.2.tar.gz into /usr/ports/distfiles
    and run md5 against this file

    * edit /usr/ports/mail/exmh2/distinfo, substituting the MD5 checksum
    with the above

    * optionally, remove any *.tcl files from the
    /usr/ports/mail/exmh2/files directory - they are unlikely to be needed
    now.

    * in the same directory, I usually edit the remaining two config files
    and replace [email protected] with a suitable local maintainer eg my own
    email address

    * force the install command to install the new (same) version

portupgrade -f mail/exmh2


That's it, basically. It would be great if the FreeBSD port could be
maintained against a periodic snapshot of the CVS tree, but that would
only work if two conditions are met - the CVS maintainer would need do the
snapshot and work out a versioning scheme and someone would have to
maintain the port to suit. I _think_ I might be able to handle the port
side of things (though I'd have to consult with the current maintainer/s),
but would the CVS side be possible?

cheers,
joel


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