On Jan 11 08:42:59, ken.cunningham.web...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 2018-01-11, at 12:24 AM, Jan Stary wrote: > > > > For ports that don't have a homepage, the simplest thing imho > > is not to declare one in the Portfile. > > a: not possible > > $ port lint > ---> Verifying Portfile for aee > Error: Missing required variable: homepage
Eh, that's because lint was _made_ to complain about this, which doesn't mean it's not possible. > b: IMHO not desirable How is it desirable to pretend a piece of software does have a homepage when it does not? "But sir, I have to put _something_ under 'homepage' on this here form". > > If the source code cannot be downloaded from somewhere, > > how does the port even exist? > > MacPorts mirrors most distfiles for this reason, amongst others. Voila, that's its homepage then. Jan