devel/noweb: Cannot build anymore because of Portfile-bitrot and unreachable patches

[michipili (Michael Grünewald)]

The devel/noweb program cannot be built on today's infrastructure. (Last changes were r93528, see #31210)

There are two issues:

1. The files found under the files/ folder for this port cannot are unreachable, as demonstrated by the session transcript below.

2. When the files are put manually in the distfiles/noweb folder, they are reject because lacking appropriate checksums.

The attached patch adds the missing checksums, I also took the opportunity to update my email address. I am not sure what has to be done to let the system download the patches.

Session transcript

# port install noweb
--->  Computing dependencies for noweb
--->  Fetching distfiles for noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from https://distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://mse.uk.distfiles.macports.org/sites/distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://osl.no.distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://fco.it.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports-distfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://sea.us.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://jnb.za.distfiles.macports.org/distfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://kmq.jp.distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://aarnet.au.distfiles.macports.org/pub/macports/distfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://cjj.kr.distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from https://pek.cn.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://nou.nc.distfiles.macports.org/pub/macports/distfiles.macports.org/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://jog.id.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/noweb
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/nr/noweb/dist/
--->  Attempting to fetch patch-Makefile.diff from http://her.gr.distfiles.macports.org/noweb
Error: org.macports.fetch for port noweb returned: fetch failed

[michipili (Michael Grünewald)]

Portfile changes for actual checksum

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I'm unable to reproduce this issue. The files are in the files directory. We don't use checksums for files in the files directory. The port installs fine.

[kencu (Ken)]

Michael, you should do a sudo port selfupdate and then try to reinstall the noweb port. Don't modify the Portfile prior to trying the reinstallation -- it doesn't work the way you think it does; macports doesn't download patch files like homebrew does.

If the port doesn't install, please post up the log from your unmodified portfile attempt and we'll see what we can find.

[michipili (Michael Grünewald)]

@kencu, @ryandesign: Thank you very much for your quick answer. Reviewing my configuration, I found out about an old local repository of mine mentioned in the sources.conf file of my installation. After removing this, noweb installs flawlessly. Thanks!