fvwm2: fetch fails on ftp-deprived networks

[wdn@…]

While trying to install fvwm2 for my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard, I receive a fetch failure for the following file:

fvwm-2.6.3.tar.bz2

If I go to distfiles.macports.org/fvwm2, I find the following two files:

fvwm-2.5.21.tar.bz2
fvwm-2.5.31.tar.bz2

So it looks like the file that is reported as missing is indeed missing.

Thanks,

Dave

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The file is right there on the official server:

​ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/version-2/

You must be on a network that does not permit access to FTP sites. Unfortunately our primary distfiles mirror is also on such a network, so it cannot mirror this file either.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Should be fixed in r87641 by adding a working http mirror.

[wdn@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

The file is right there on the official server:

​ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/version-2/

You must be on a network that does not permit access to FTP sites. Unfortunately our primary distfiles mirror is also on such a network, so it cannot mirror this file either.

I'm not really sure what our network allows. I was aware of the fvwm.org site but did not know whether the tarball referenced by Macports was indeed the same as that on the official fvwm site. And I could see the older versions of the tarballs there. I'll try the official version and see how that works.

Dave