Re: howto update mail/alpine in pkgsrc

[Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost>]

Try the following:

1. Follow the steps in https://pkgsrc.org/wip/users/, particularly
around setting the "remote" URL correctly.
2. Sometimes, I found that it helps to ssh-add the key you use for
pkgsrc-wip before using git.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 2:27 PM Marco Beishuizen <mbeis%xs4all.nl@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, the wise Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> >> I've updated the makefile and distinfo of mail/alpine in order to
> >> update it to 2.21. Alpine 2.21 builds/installs/runs on my local
> >> machine now, but I'd like to send a patch to NetBSD to update the
> >> pkgsrc tree.
> >>
> >> I'll probably have to create a diff and send a bugreport, but how to
> >> do this in NetBSD?
> >
> > Two options:
> >
> >  run cvs diff (with -N if needed, e.g. if you created patches).  Also
> >  write the commit message that should be used, if you can.  use send-pr
> >  to send this.
> >
> >  get an account for pkgsrc-wip, described at http://pkgsrc.org/wip/ and
> >  commit an updated version.  Place in COMMIT_MESSAGE or similar the
> >  text that should be used for the commit to pkgsrc proper.  After
> >  verifying it with pkglint and building with PKG_DEVELOPER=yes, feel
> >  free to send a note here.
> >
> > The first option is the traditional path.  A number of people with
> > commit access to pkgsrc prefer the second option.
>
> I got an account for pkgsrc-wip, installed and configured wip according to
> http://pkgsrc.org/wip/users/ but when doing a "git pull -r" I get an
> error:
>
> [...]
> root@shogun # git pull -r
> Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
> fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
>
> Please make sure you have the correct access rights
> and the repository exists.
> [...]
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Regards,
> Marco
>
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-- 
Benny