#52376: usbutils @007 update USB ID database to version 2016.09.07 ----------------------------------+------------------------ Reporter: leonardo.schenkel@… | Owner: bernhard@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: haspatch Port: usbutils | ----------------------------------+------------------------ Comment (by larryv@…): Replying to [comment:2 leonardo.schenkel@…]:
Sure, we can download it from there at build time. The reason I didn't do it was because I thought that was an anti-pattern.
No, it’s the opposite—putting non-patches in `filespath` is unorthodox. Very few ports do this.
I have attached a new patch that does it — maybe there is a more idiomatic MacPorts way instead that doing a `curl`?
The usual method is to add the additional files to `distfiles` and set `extract.only`. You can find examples by searching the ports tree for “extract.only”. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52376#comment:4> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for macOS