On 19 May 2014 23:35, Lev Serebryakov <l...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hello, Ports. > > I want to make port for TI MSP430 toolchain (binutils-newlib-gcc based, > new > one, not old and unsupported "devel/msp430*"), but problem is, that I need > to package "tip of git branch", as all released tarballs (even snapshot > ones) contains bugs. > > What is the best practice for such situation? Is it possible to require > git > as build-dependency and checkout sources (with some fixed revision, of > course, not "rolling" one) or should I prepare tarballs myself and put it > into ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}? > > If the software has been ported, and the software is on Github, you can specify any git tag and it will download that tag. For instance:
USE_GITHUB= yes GH_ACCOUNT= bitcoin GH_PROJECT= bitcoin GH_COMMIT= 4a102fa GH_TAGNAME= ${GH_COMMIT} That said, most persons would prefer you pulled the latest release, and applied necessary bug fixes as patches. _______________________________________________ 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"