November 2007 - macports-dev - lists.macosforge.org

Gimp without X11
by Randall Wood 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Its possible to install the Gimp without using X11! I think it mostly works, but am not a heavy user of it, so I don't know of use cases that may break. http://shyramblings.blogspot.com/2007/11/gimp-on-mac-os-x-without-x11- from.html Randall Wood rhwood(a)mac.com http://shyramblings.blogspot.com "The rules are simple: The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes. All the rest is just philosophy."

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Re: MAMP setup with Macports?
by James Berry 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hey Ryan and others, I don't know where this stands, exactly, but it _would_ be really cool if getting mysql5 to run was only a matter of: - sudo port install mysql5 +server - sudo port load mysql5 (and the the end result of this would be that the server is actually running and usable) Of course at the moment, that doesn't work, because: - You have to apply a default my.cnf file - You have to do various database setup things - There is no port load command What else? It would be really cool to think this issue through for mysql (and apache2, and php) so that we can make this smooth. What infrastructure enhancements do we need to make this super easy? We're not there yet. Potential enhancements: - port load command - automated way to specify that default conf files be applied - usable activation phase? Thoughts? Hopefully this work would apply to lots of ports, but I think it would be useful to focus on a few key ports, like the aforementioned MAMP. James On Nov 20, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007, at 20:12, Thomas Allen wrote: > >> I'm trying to setup a local MAMP server using Macports, and all I'm >> running into are problems. MySQL (4) can't connect, http://localhost/ >> is DOA, and I have no real way to test my PHP installation. I'd like >> to have the following setup: >> >> MySQL 5, PHP 5, Apache 2 >> >> I suspect that my main problem is daemons for these services not >> starting. Anyway, I really put my faith in Macports here, and it >> would >> mean a lot if someone could lend a hand. > > sudo port install mysql5 +server > sudo port install apache2 > sudo port install php5 +apache2 > > It will show you the launchctl commands you need to enter to start > mysql5 and apache2 at system startup. > > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users(a)lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users

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unexpected error from port variant when port is not found
by Adam Mercer 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hi I was just looking at the available variants for a port, I mistyped the name of the port and received the following error message: $ port variants misspelled_port No port misspelled_port found. can't read "portinfo(porturl)": no such element in array while executing "set porturl $portinfo(porturl)" ("uplevel" body line 15) invoked from within "uplevel 1 $block" (procedure "foreachport" line 16) invoked from within "foreachport $portlist { # search for port if {[catch {mportsearch $portname no exact} result]} { global errorInfo ..." (procedure "action_variants" line 4) invoked from within "$action_proc $action $portlist [array get global_options]" (procedure "process_cmd" line 60) invoked from within "process_cmd $remaining_args" invoked from within "if { [llength $remaining_args] > 0 } { # If there are remaining arguments, process those as a command # Exit immediately, by default, unless..." (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 2651) $ I would expect the initial error of "No port misspelled_port found", but not the rest. This is with base from the top of the release_1_6 branch. Is this the expected behaviour? Cheers Adam

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Trac emails -- how to stop getting them
by Ryan Schmidt 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

So it used to be that you would only get emails from Trac if you put your email address in the ticket's Cc line. This was a rather broken design, but was how it was. I often went thru and added reporter and assignee to the Cc list of all sorts of tickets. Didn't add myself because they weren't my ports. I also sometimes added small comments to tickets, such as suggesting that it was a duplicate of another ticket. Again, not my issue, so I didn't add myself to the Cc line. I didn't care to hear any further discussion on those issues, since I wasn't using the ports in question. Whenever I wanted to become part of the discussion, I added myself to the Cc line. Now that Trac is fixed, it seems to be sending me mails about every ticket I've ever touched. I don't care about, for example, issue #12994, but I keep getting email about it. I'm not the reporter, the assignee, or on the Cc list; I just added a comment at some point. How do I stop getting email about that ticket, and others I don't care about? Is there an "unsubscribe me from this ticket" button somewhere that I'm overlooking? I had trouble keeping up with relevant ticket mails before; now it's become much more difficult as I have to sift through the irrelevant ticket mails to get to the relevant ones.

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Re: [31218] trunk/dports/sysutils/kernel-tools/Portfile
by Ryan Schmidt 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

On Nov 18, 2007, at 11:39, sfiera(a)macports.org wrote: > Revision: 31218 > http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/31218 > Author: sfiera(a)macports.org > Date: 2007-11-18 09:39:33 -0800 (Sun, 18 Nov 2007) > > Log Message: > ----------- > Excise `cd`; move manpages to share/man; default_variants universal > > Modified Paths: > -------------- > trunk/dports/sysutils/kernel-tools/Portfile > > Modified: trunk/dports/sysutils/kernel-tools/Portfile > =================================================================== > --- trunk/dports/sysutils/kernel-tools/Portfile 2007-11-18 17:14:49 > UTC (rev 31217) > +++ trunk/dports/sysutils/kernel-tools/Portfile 2007-11-18 17:39:33 > UTC (rev 31218) > @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ > checksums md5 e47e75b43211a9094875d60502cc4e35 > platforms darwin > > +default_variants universal The correct syntax would be: default_variants +universal But that doesn't work: $ sudo port install kernel-tools Error: Error executing universal: Default universal variant only works with ports based on configure Error: Unable to open port: Error evaluating variants $ Perhaps you want to do this (as I do in e.g. the isightcapture port): Index: Portfile =================================================================== --- Portfile (revision 31348) +++ Portfile (working copy) @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ checksums md5 e47e75b43211a9094875d60502cc4e35 platforms darwin -default_variants universal +# The files installed by kernel-tools are universal, so let's advertise that. +default_variants +universal +variant universal {} use_configure no build {}

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Slrn-devel port upgrade
by Sbranzo 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi, I can't upload source file for the upgrade of port slrn devel. Here's the ticket with the portfile patch https://svn.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13357 Sources are ~1Mb and maximum attachment size is < 300K. If someone wants to commit this, can he please drop me a mail so I'll send the sources. Gufo

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Re: Change in commit mails format
by Vincent Lefevre 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

On 2007-11-18 02:13:04 -0400, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote: > I still have to find where that header is being set, since the > relevant field on the mailing list administration page doesn't have > any value (i.e. Mailman itself doesn't seem to be setting the > Reply-To we currently have on those messages, so I'm guessing it's > the post-commit hook itself doing it). Yes, the "Reply-To:" header is not a header a mailing-list manager should set. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent(a)vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)

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Re: [31286] trunk/dports/devel/git-core/files
by Ryan Schmidt 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

On Nov 19, 2007, at 12:25, mgrimes(a)macports.org wrote: > Revision: 31285 > http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/31285 > Author: mgrimes(a)macports.org > Date: 2007-11-19 10:25:29 -0800 (Mon, 19 Nov 2007) > > Log Message: > ----------- > Lint > > Modified Paths: > -------------- > trunk/dports/devel/git-core/Portfile > > Removed Paths: > ------------- > trunk/dports/devel/git-core/files/patch-Makefile > trunk/dports/devel/git-core/files/patch-http.h On Nov 19, 2007, at 12:28, mgrimes(a)macports.org wrote: > Revision: 31286 > http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/31286 > Author: mgrimes(a)macports.org > Date: 2007-11-19 10:28:11 -0800 (Mon, 19 Nov 2007) > > Log Message: > ----------- > add back linted patches.. > > Added Paths: > ----------- > trunk/dports/devel/git-core/files/patch-Makefile.diff > trunk/dports/devel/git-core/files/patch-http.h.diff The "svn log" and "svn blame" commands now make it look as though those files just came into existence in r31286. But they did not. They were merely renamed from other files. You should have renamed these patches using "svn mv", like this: cd `port dir git-core`/files svn mv patch-Makefile patch-Makefile.diff svn mv patch-http.h patch-http.h.diff cd .. vi Portfile svn ci That would have preserved the history. But now you've readded the files as completely new files. To undo this and reconnect the history, you'll have to do this: cd `port dir git-core`/files svn rm patch-Makefile.diff patch-http.h.diff DPORTS=http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports svn cp -r31284 $DPORTS/devel/git-core/files/patch-Makefile patch- Makefile.diff svn cp -r31284 $DPORTS/devel/git-core/files/patch-http.h patch- http.h.diff svn ci

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p5-finance-quote doesn't work for TIAA/CREF quotes
by Mike Alexander 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Due to a change in the TIAA/CREF web site the p5-finance-quote package hasn't been able to get quotes for TIAA/CREF since about October 23. There is a (somewhat garbled) patch for this at <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1821738&group_id=4…>. I've cleaned this up and packaged it as a modification to the p5-finance-quite port file. The result is attached to this message. -- Mike Alexander mta(a)umich.edu Ann Arbor, MI PGP key ID: BEA343A6

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New Maintainer Information
by Brent Fulgham 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

I just got an e-mail from someone interested in helping out with MacPorts. I checked through the web page looking for a quick link to information for a wanna-be maintainer, but could not find much! * There is a "New Committer's Guide" (http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/NewCommittersGuide) but this seems aimed at people who are already maintainers. * There is some interesting text in "http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/browser/trunk/www/contact.php?…", but this does not seem to be on the web anyplace. Is there a document repository somewhere that is not obviously linked from the main site? I wrote up some comments myself for this user, but this is probably something that others have wondered about and wandered off without an answer... Thanks, -Brent

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