Re: Unversioned and frequently updated data files?

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

>> What's the alternative in this situation? Simple leocad-data pkg with
>> checksums disabled?
>
> The standard method is to set DIST_SUBDIR to a date- or git-hash-based
> name and upload the distfile to ftp.NetBSD.org ('make upload') - if
> redistribution is allowed.

It's an upstream bug if they are distributing unversioned/variable
data, and I'd consider filing a report.   If the data is actually in a
version-control system you can perhaps use a tag or sha1-based version
to refer to to it that way and ignore their downloadable file.   An
example might be

0.yyyymmdd.sha1

so that it sorts properly (sha1 hashes of course don't sort usefully).