The difference in checksums for standalone md5/sha1/sha256 or cksum VS the make makesum got me. But you are right they match. I just didn't do it the right way first time around.
Thanks On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:57 AM, roberth <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:20:23 -0600 > Amit Kulkarni <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I want to update geo/gdal and I have some questions about porting >> update. > > headsup: geo/gdal has a maintainer, so procedure is to send your update > to him first, but its ok to ask here for help. > >> 1) How do you get the pkg/PLIST, by which command exactly? Do you >> install in fake and check there manually? > > make update-plist > (after: make fake) > >> 2) How do you get the SIZE in distinfo without ls, is there a better >> way than do it manually? > > make makesum > (after: make fetch) > >> The checksums I get for geo/gdal for "gdal-1.6.1.tar.gz" are >> completely different than the ones in the distinfo file? > > don't handroll them, use makesum. (distinfo is correct, checked.) > you can test the distinfo with make checksum. > > i'd advise you to start reading the ports manpage to get an overview and > follow up with those manpages referenced. > also check out the faq on the website. (be aware that the faq might not > reflect the most recent changes to the ports system.) > > happy porting, > Robert > >
