On Nov 17, 2019, at 14:37, Steven Smith wrote:
> I have a weird error with the recently merged macos-fortress port.
>
> sudo port selfupdate
> sudo port install macos-fortress
>
> throws an error because the file ${filespath}/hosts.orig doesn’t exist.
>
> I see this file on GitHub:
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/net/macos-fortress/files/hosts.orig
>
> But it’s not in
> /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/net/macos-fortress/files
>
> But all the other files are there. Weird that this one file is missing.
>
> How should this be fixed?
By renaming the file, specifically its extension.
mprsyncup (the script that keeps the rsync server updated) uses `rsync -aIC` to
synchronize the files between the git clone and the rsync server directory. The
-C part means "auto-ignore files in the same way CVS does". Files whose names
end in .orig are among those that get excluded.
https://github.com/macports/macports-infrastructure/blob/master/jobs/mprsyncup
If this is a sample file to be installed of which the user will edit a copy,
then a suffix like .dist, .sample, .example would be what we usually use.
I don't think anybody's deliberately tried to use a .orig file in MacPorts
before. :)
