The problem with some .xz files was the limited datasize of VAX (40MB).
miod@ increased the limits to 128MB with his last commits.
OK?
Index: bsd.port.mk.5
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RCS file: /usr/cvsync/src/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5,v
retrieving revision 1.386
diff -u -p -r1.386 bsd.port.mk.5
--- bsd.port.mk.5 7 Nov 2013 01:25:27 -0000 1.386
+++ bsd.port.mk.5 24 Nov 2013 22:56:21 -0000
@@ -1534,9 +1534,6 @@ do
gzip -dc ${FULLDISTDIR}/$$archive | tar xf -;;
esac
done
-.Ed
-The use of xz archives is discouraged, as it makes things impossible to
-build on vax.
.It Ev EXTRACT_ONLY
Set to the list of distfiles to actually extract if some distfiles
should not be extracted during the
