Opened 17 months ago

Closed 17 months ago

Last modified 17 months ago

#67714 closed defect (invalid)

socat @1.7.4.4: No binary packages available on any ports mirror

Reported by: J-in-MN Owned by: admin@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: server/hosting Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Port: socat

Description

The command port -b install socat fails with Error: Failed to archivefetch socat: version @1.7.4.4_0: The requested URL returned error: 404

It appears that there is no socat folder on any of the package mirrors. See attached screenshot for list of folders reported on https://packages.macports.org/?C=N;O=D

Attachments (1)

Screenshot 2023-07-03 at 00.48.02.png (93.7 KB) - added by J-in-MN 17 months ago.
Folder for socat is missing from server.

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Change History (2)

Changed 17 months ago by J-in-MN

Folder for socat is missing from server.

comment:1 Changed 17 months ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

The build infrastructure is working correctly; socat is licensed under GPLv2 only and uses readline which is GPLv3+, so the resulting binaries cannot legally be distributed.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2v3Compatibility

wiki:FAQ#fromsource

Last edited 17 months ago by jmroot (Joshua Root) (previous) (diff)
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