libcaca: should this be removed

[gaming-hacker (G Alexander)]

all, am building a port that would like variant. using travis, this port will not build. the source on github has not be maintained for years and port can't find a download.

there is no maintainer.

$ sudo port -N install libcaca
--->  Computing dependencies for libcaca
--->  Fetching archive for libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19_6.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19_6.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://sea.us.packages.macports.org/macports/packages/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19_6.darwin_16.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Fetching distfiles for libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from https://distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://ywg.ca.distfiles.macports.org/mirror/macports/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://sea.us.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://mse.uk.distfiles.macports.org/sites/distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://fco.it.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports-distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://cjj.kr.distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://kmq.jp.distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from https://pek.cn.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://aarnet.au.distfiles.macports.org/pub/macports/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://nou.nc.distfiles.macports.org/pub/macports/distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://jog.id.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://jnb.za.distfiles.macports.org/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://caca.zoy.org/raw-attachment/wiki/libcaca/
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://her.gr.distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from http://osl.no.distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
Error: Failed to fetch libcaca: Could not resolve host: osl.no.distfiles.macports.org
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_distfiles.macports.org_ports_graphics_libcaca/libcaca/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port libcaca failed
The command "sudo port -N install libcaca" failed and exited with 1 during .
Your build has been stopped.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I don't know why you can't fetch the files. They're there. Check for yourself:

• ​https://packages.macports.org/libcaca
• ​https://distfiles.macports.org/libcaca

It builds fine and we distribute binaries of it.

[kencu (Ken)]

$ sudo port -v checksum libcaca
--->  Fetching distfiles for libcaca
--->  libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz does not exist in /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/libcaca
--->  Attempting to fetch libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz from https://distfiles.macports.org/libcaca
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 1175k  100 1175k    0     0   587k      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--  542k
--->  Verifying checksums for libcaca
--->  Checksumming libcaca-0.99.beta19.tar.gz
$ port -v installed libcaca
The following ports are currently installed:
  libcaca @0.99.beta19_6 (active) platform='darwin 10' archs='x86_64' date='2017-07-01T16:34:41-0700'