On 24 May 2011 18:09, C. P. Ghost <cpgh...@cordula.ws> wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:53 PM, <fr...@getnet.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have updated ports and when reinstalling I found x11-wm/olvwm which I was >> using was gone from the ports tree. Why? > > I noticed that too, and was bit by that change as well. > Since I love the olvwm look and feel, I'm sad to see > it go from the FreeBSD ports collection. > > % grep olvwm /usr/ports/MOVED > x11-wm/olvwm||2011-05-01|Has expired: Upstream disapear and distfile > is no more available > > I think we could resurrect this port, using the last available > distfile, which fortunately is still with us: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.tar.Z > > There are also two patches there: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch01.Z > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch02.Z > > Unfortunately, I don't know where the old port files have > gone. We *REALLY* should consider moving dead ports to > a separate subdirectory hierarchy (such as /usr/ports/.deadports > or some such), so people interested in resurrecting old ports > could have a look. Just letting then disappear silently is rude > und unnecessary, but that's just IMHO.
I don't understand your comment on silence -- they've been deprecated for a while now. I'll take a look at resurrecting and hosting it tomorrow, if people are interested. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"