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

Documentation Manpage Authors
by Simon Ruderich 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi all, I have a question regarding the authors in our new man pages. Would it be ok if we just merge them all together in one list and then xinclude this file in every man page or should they stay separated/different? The only thing which would change is that every man page contains then all authors of all man pages: - Boey Maun Suang <boeyms(a)macports.org> - Chris Ridd <cjr(a)opendarwin.org> - Felix Kroniage <fkr(a)opendarwin.org> - Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh(a)macports.org> - Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpp(a)macports.org> - Kevin Ballard <eridius(a)macports.org> - Kevin Van Vechten <kevin(a)opendarwin.org> - Landon Fuller <landonf(a)macports.org> - Mark Duling <markd(a)macports.org> - Markus W. Weissmann <mww(a)macports.org> - Paul Guyot <pguyot(a)kallisys.net> - Yves de Champlain <yves(a)macports.org> Thanks, Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x6115F804EFB33229

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Using real version numbers within MacPorts
by Juan Manuel Palacios 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Evening all! The intent of my r32167 commit is to start the necessary work to finally use real version numbers within MacPorts, rather than floating point values that users have to interpret. The MacPorts version is now saved in the "$macports::autoconf::macports_version" variable at source configuration time and used in the "macports::selfupdate" and "macports::version" procs (r32169 and r32170, respectively). If my count is correct, these are the only two places where we read the $ {prefix}/etc/macports/mp_version file, so with them having been "fixed" I'd like to look into removing the installation of said file (it cannot disappear from our sources though, as autoconf uses it to record the version in the macports1.0 namespace and selfupdate to determine if the downloaded sources are newer than the installed base); please alter me if I'm missing something that might break if I now remove the Makefile rule to install the mp_version file. Following that, I'd like to work over the selfupdate proc to use rpm- vercomp, rather than plain arithmetical comparison, to compare the installed MacPorts version number against the downloaded one, which would ultimately allow us to use real version numbers in the mp_version file directly. Chris, IIRC, you and I were once discussing this on IRC and you raised some concerns (dealing with older installations, IIRC); mind refreshing my mind? The one thing I do know I'm gonna have to think about is keeping backwards compatibility. Anything else? Kevin, you and I also spoke about using real version numbers within MacPorts at one time. Mind chiming in with whatever comment you may have on the subject? Lastly, and to anyone reading who might know some autoconf (Landon ;-). From base/configure.ac (after r32167): AC_INIT([MacPorts], [esyscmd(cat config/mp_version | tr -d '\n')], [macports-dev(a)lists.macosforge.org ], [macports]) (...) MP_VERSION=$(cat config/mp_version | tr -d '\n') (...) AC_SUBST(MP_VERSION) Any idea how I can avoid that duplicate code between the AC_INIT macro and the MP_VERSION declaration? I would love to be able to declare it above AC_INIT and then use it *in* AC_INIT, maybe as such: MP_VERSION=$(cat config/mp_version | tr -d '\n') AC_INIT([MacPorts], [$MP_VERSION], [macports- dev(a)lists.macosforge.org] [macports]) But that issues a "configure.ac:7: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: $MP_VERSION" warning and the value of $MP_VERSION is not replaced in. Using [echo $MP_VERSION] generates a similar warning ("configure.ac:8: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: echo $MP_VERSION") and plain [MP_VERSION] does not complain but simply outputs the "MP_VESION" string instead of its value. So, any pointers? (yes, I'm a total autoconf n00b!) Thanks for our feedback and help! Regards,... -jmpp

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Documentation section 4.4.2 question/variant_isset
by Daniel J. Luke 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

I don't think we should strongly recommend variant_isset usage in portfiles (in fact, I think we should recommend against it unless the alternative is extremely messy). In the section 4.4.2 example, it seems much cleaner to do the following: post-destroot { xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/ xinstall ${worksrcpath}/examples/foo.conf ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/ } variant carbon { post-destroot { delete ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/emacs delete ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/emacs-${version} } } Since macports will run both post-destroot procs, the variant's code is then all contained within the variant. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke(a)geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+

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Adding new ports
by David Reynolds 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Hi, I've been playing with a couple of ports that I'd like to be included in macports - how would I go about doing this? They are: newsbeuter - a command line news reader stfl - Structured Terminal Forms Library (dependancy of newsbeuter) Thanks, David -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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Re: [32125] trunk/dports/graphics/dcraw/Portfile
by Daniel J. Luke 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

On Dec 17, 2007, at 7:24 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > Anyone who had the old version of 8.81 installed will now get a > checksum error when trying to upgrade, because they already have the > old distfile. oh yeah, good catch. It's a nomaintainer port, so feel free to fix it (I won't have a chance to look at it until tomorrow or later). > You need to change the dist directory for example using: > > dist_subdir ${name}/${version}_${revision} > > Here I go again: the guide needs to have a section on stealth > upgrades and how the port maintainer should handle them. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke(a)geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+

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Re: [32125] trunk/dports/graphics/dcraw/Portfile
by Ryan Schmidt 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Anyone who had the old version of 8.81 installed will now get a checksum error when trying to upgrade, because they already have the old distfile. You need to change the dist directory for example using: dist_subdir ${name}/${version}_${revision} Here I go again: the guide needs to have a section on stealth upgrades and how the port maintainer should handle them. On Dec 17, 2007, at 08:55, dluke(a)macports.org wrote: > Revision: 32125 > http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/32125 > Author: dluke(a)macports.org > Date: 2007-12-17 06:55:03 -0800 (Mon, 17 Dec 2007) > > Log Message: > ----------- > upstream dist must have stealth-upgraded (new checksums generated), > diffs didn't indicate anything suspicious. > > Modified Paths: > -------------- > trunk/dports/graphics/dcraw/Portfile > > Modified: trunk/dports/graphics/dcraw/Portfile > =================================================================== > --- trunk/dports/graphics/dcraw/Portfile 2007-12-17 11:44:46 UTC > (rev 32124) > +++ trunk/dports/graphics/dcraw/Portfile 2007-12-17 14:55:03 UTC > (rev 32125) > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ > > name dcraw > version 8.81 > +revision 1 > categories graphics > maintainers nomaintainer > description Raw Digital Photo Decoding, supporting 209 cameras > @@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ > platforms darwin > homepage http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/ > master_sites http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/archive/ > -checksums md5 7adc1c0dfd212a6d8c414d6d614145bd \ > - sha1 90403cae8b0eca683b9f3a4f54520e06560a71ca \ > - rmd160 875eb3c4dedff2f5c1e2252849a2a2933e24f0b5 > +checksums md5 56692a70ea61909b05cc2acc2615247d \ > + sha1 a553a7d55e080b5dc66219cc7676759956a519fe \ > + rmd160 1f0cc92cde7f18910c045f13927ec253d3591581 > worksrcdir $name > depends_lib port:gettext \ > port:libiconv \ >

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Trace option (-t) doesn't work on PowerPC 10.4.11
by Simon Ruderich 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hi all, I'm trying to use the -t option to check if my ports install correctly. But on my PowerPC iMac 10.4.11 I only get the following warnings and no dependencies are displayed: Warning: setrlimit failed (1) trace: access denied to /opt/local/bin/gnm (binutils) trace: access denied to /opt/local/bin/gstrip (binutils) I'm using port without sudo as my /opt/local directory is chmoded with the correct rights. I checked the files in this warning, they have 0777 access rights, so I don't know how this can happen. I attached the complete log to this mail. I'm using MacPorts compiled from trunk r32126. Thanks for your help, Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x6115F804EFB33229

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MacPorts 1.6.0 released!
by Juan Manuel Palacios 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Good day everyone! I am glad to announce that after a long delay in extensive testing, MacPorts 1.6.0 has finally been released! It is available through all of our regular channels: -) selfupdate for existing users; -) universal pkg installers for both Leopard and Tiger (PPC pkg for Panther will be forthcoming); -) source tarballs for those wanting to install from source; Browse over to http://www.macports.org/install.php to learn how to use any of the above installation alternatives. Quoted below is the contents of our in-source NEWS file, detailing what is an amazing MacPorts release, full with even completely redesigned and refreshed website and guide. Enjoy and don't hesitate to give us as much feedback as you can, following our also revamped ticketing guidelines at http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets for the proper filing of problem reports at our Trac portal, http://trac.macports.org Thanks to everyone who helped make this release such an incredible one one, keep up the great work! -jmpp === NEWS === What's new: *) Revived and thoroughly refreshed web presence at http://www.macports.org/ , with more improvements still on the way; *) New project guide at http://guide.macports.org Overview of Changes from MacPorts 1.5.2 to MacPorts 1.6.0: # For regular usage: *) Fixed the "upgrade" target of the port(1) command to properly handle installed versions beginning with letters; *) Improved the "variants" target of the port(1) command to behave like the "info" target to poll the requested Portfile directly rather than the index for more up-to-date information, while also providing a --index flag for legacy behavior; *) Fixed a bug by which a user specific 'macports.conf' file would not be read; *) Tightened security by installing MacPorts in 0755 mode (no write permission for group and others) by default; *) Added 'none' as a possible option for supported types of startupitems scripts; *) Disabled readline support in interactive mode of the port(1) command by deafult; *) Fixed a bug by which the "variants" target of the port(1) command would spit out an error backtrace to the terminal when no match was found for the requested port; *) Revamped the "postflight" script that takes care of setting a MacPorts-compatible shell environment after installation from our "pkg" is complete; it now gracefully handles the addition of PATH, MANPATH and DISPLAY environment variables separately and only if strictly needed, properly backing up appropriate shell configuration files before proceeding to modify them (http://guide.macports.org/#installing.binary.postflight.details for more information); # Individual port-building related improvements: *) Eugene Pimenov's GSoC2007 work on improving "trace mode" for the building of ports in clean environments, http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/soc2007/epimenov ; *) Added 'bsdmake' and 'gnumake' defaults for building ports on the FreeBSD and Linux platforms; *) Added 'configureccache' and 'configuredistcc' configuration options to the main 'macports.conf' for distributed builds (defaulting to no); *) Improved building of configure-based universal ports on Leopard; *) Fixed a bug by which the 'universal' variant would disappear if a 'macosx' variant was selected; *) Added a 'macosx_deployment_target' option to the main 'macports.conf' file for ports that benefit form this Mac OS X specific flag; *) Added a 'configurepipe' option to the main 'macports.conf' file for using pipes rather than intermediate files when compiling C/C++ based ports; *) Removed LD_PREBIND & LD_PREBIND_ALLOW_OVERLAP variables from MacPorts' environment to prevent prebinding of binaries, which can be harmful on Tiger and above; # Packaging related improvements: *) Created pkg's no longer have /etc, /var/ or /tmp directories in them; *) Fixed a bug by which all .mpkg packages were missing their welcome page; *) Fixed a bug by which HTML contents were written as a pkg's Welcome.rtf file, causing it to not display at all; *) Made the homepage clickable in a pkg's welcoming screen; *) Added support lzma compression for archives; *) Improved pkg & dmg creation on Leopard, for both Intel and PowerPC platforms; *) Added an 'mdmg' target, for the creation of a dmg for a port and its dependencies; *) Dramatically improved performace of the port(1) command's Portfile level actions like "file", "dir", "work" and "url" # For Portfile writers: *) Added more compiler suites as options to the 'configure.compiler' Portfile option; *) Added 'configure.fflags' 'configure.fcflags' 'configure.f90flags' Portfile options for Fortran based ports; *) Added 'configure.javac' and 'configure.classpath' Portfile options for Java ports; *) Added 'configure.objc' 'configure.objcflags' Portfile options for Objective-C based ports; *) Added 'build.nice' and 'build.jobs' Portfile options for parallel builds and build prioritizing; *) Added 'startupitem.netchange' boolean flag Portfile option for generated startup scripts; *) Added a "lint" target to the port(1) command, for Portfile verification and beautification; *) Added Portfile group code for Python 3.0 based ports and deprecated the plain 'python' group code; *) Added generic GNU livecheck rules; *) The "x86" platform has been normalized as "i386"; *) Added a 'use_parallel_build' Portfile option for declaring if a particular port can be built in paralel through make's -j flag, defaulting to no; *) Added 'configure.awk', 'configure.bison', 'configure.pkg_config', 'configure.pkg_config_path' Portfile options to point to the relevant programs/paths to use; *) Added a 'extract.mkdir' Portfile option to better deal with so- called "tar bombs"; *) Added a 'configure.pipe' Portfile option for using pipes rather than intermediate files when compiling C/C++ based ports; # For MacPorts scripting: *) Moved the 'ui_isset' and 'global_option_isset' Tcl procedures for testing of the UI and global options to the macports1.0 API sparing its clients from having to implement them; *) Improved defaults for implicit ui_prefix and ui_channels behaviour at the macports1.0 layer; # Miscellaenous: *) Added MacPorts-configure time checks for Mac OS X and Xcode versions and warnings for old versions; *) Added a 'user-agent' parameters to our libcurl based fetching of sources for sites that require a user agent; *) 'livecheck' regular expressions are now checked against each entry in the listed master_site in the Portfile; *) Fixed regexp in livecheck code to work when there is both a tag and a subdir in the mirror uri; *) Improved the integrated "daemondo" program to better handle the death of startupitem-based programs; *) Added a "--restart-wait=n" argument to the integrated "daemondo" program to control the number of seconds to wait during restart of the process it is monitoring, defaulting to 3; *) Enabled building of our objc bridge against GNUStep on platforms other than Mac OS X; *) Added support for packing of MacPorts itself on FreeBSD and Fedora platforms; *) Added SourceForge.jp to our list of SourceForge based mirrors for sources fetching; *) Added http mirror sites for the postgresql mirrors list; *) Added the ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/ mirror to the GNU mirrors list; *) Fixed a bug by which paths with embedded spaces would cause the "dp2mp-move" upgrade code to fail when trying to find user specific 'macports.conf' files;

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Ion3 license and possible removal
by Pierre Queinnec 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

[sorry for cross-posting] Hi all, Here are two mails T. Valkonen sent respectively to FreeBSD Ports [1] and pkgsrc [2], warning them of a license violation on his software, ion3 (x11/ion3). I'll be committing a removal of the port in 5 days if nobody wants to step up and take ownership from me. Then again, I'm not sure this serves the "community" best interest to keep it in the ports. Apologies to the ion3 users that will be forced to compile it themselves. I suggest you keep the Portfile in a private repository should you know how to do this, so you can still benefit from MacPorts build and upgrade cycles. -- Pierre [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2007-December/045475.html [2] http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2007/10/28/0000.html

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Re: [32099] downloads
by Boey Maun Suang 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hi Juan, > Log Message Upload 1.6.0 release products (dmg's will come later). I'll be able to test building a 10.3 dmg from Wednesday night onwards (+1100 UTC; I'm on Australian Eastern Summer Time). Kind regards, Maun Suang -- Boey Maun Suang (Boey is my surname) Email: boeyms at macports dot org

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