Joshua Root wrote: > David Evans wrote: > >> Rainer Müller wrote: >> >>> So I suppose we should extend distcheck to also generate and compare >>> distcheck. I don't think an external tool would be easy to write, since >>> it would only work for fetch.type == "standard". >>> >>> Rainer >>> >>> >>> >> How about adding a value for distcheck.check of "checksum" that would >> provide this functionality >> so there is a choice? As some pointed out, this can be a very heavy >> operation for large distributions >> with many sites. >> > > Or perhaps an option like --checksum for distcheck. > > - Josh > > Actually, I like this best. Due to the cost of doing this check, I can only see myself wanting to do this in the following cases:
1) on initial creation of a Portfile 2) when adding new sites to master_sites 3) when the normal distcheck (moddate mode) indicates that a distribution file is newer than the Portfile. Dave _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
