> I'm trying to port fvwm2 and so far there have been 3
> packages that for whatever reason wouldn't download
> from the sites in master_sites list in the Portfiles.
> I've downloaded the packages myself, put them on my
> own server, added my site to each Portfile's
> master_site list, then rerun port fvwm2. Is there a
> "global" master_sites setting somewhere that I can add
> my url to? So I don't have to edit each Portfile? It
> looks like they all have this line in the master_sites
> list:
>
> macports:lt:lt
>
> what does it mean? can i use it for my purposes
> somehow?
>
> i've searched the archives and couldn't find an answer....

Since you have to get the file anyway, I think you could have just dropped the files you downloaded into the distfiles directory and not have to play with master_sites (if you prefer this option).  There is also a concern about checksums though.

But your approach is also interesting.

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