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Re: Splitting the guide
by markd＠macports.org 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

> Simon, I like it and I still think the entire thing in a single >page >is a bit too much, but I would like to go over what Mark originally >replied 'cause he did raise some valid points there (and it's been a >while and I don't remember them at the moment ;-). One thing I would >comment about your alternative, however, is with respect to the >sidebar. Is is possible to keep it with us in every single chapter- >page? At the moment we see it if we're on the front page, but as soon >as we move to any chapter it disappears, and that's not incredibly >friendly. I didn't really have any special ideas at the time. But I do think the TOC should be easily accessible from any section as already mentioned. Would it be possible to have the TOC float at the side within the chapters? Actually, I'm not sure that is desirable and I've have to see it, but it does seem like switching from the main page to a chapter you get an entirely different look and feel and I think that distracts. Mark

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ghc port vanished
by Gregory Wright 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi, I checked in a version bump of ghc to 6.8.2 yesterday. The portfile is in the svn repo, but someone emailed me to say that it did not appear in their dports tree. I notice as well that it is missing from the "available ports" on the web page. Did something go awry or should just advise people to wait until some script syncs things up? Best Wishes, Greg

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RFC: Changing apache2 to install its files to /opt/local/ instead of /opt/local/apache2
by js 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi James, As you know, current apache2 port uses /opt/local/apache2 as a prefix. This is a bit different from other ports using /opt/local as a prefix. This problem always confused me, so I think it would be nice if it changed to use the same prefix. This change, however, would need a lot of work, like changing paths inside the httpd.conf, but if you'd like this idea, I'd be willing to help to get it done. Could you please give me some comments/suggestions on this? Thanks.

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Python framework location and Python 3.0 conflict with 2.4
by Blair Zajac 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi, This is to follow up on this commit: http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/changeset/34702 We've discussed this briefly before on the list, but I'm of the mind that all new Python frameworks must be installed in a separate directory from the Python 2.4 framework for several reasons: 1) There's a conflict on the ${prefix}/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions file. 2) I have a requirement that we have multiple framework Pythons installed at the same time. With a deployment to a hundred Mac's or so running PyQt apps running on 2.4, I need to maintain that environment. It would be nice to have Python 3.0 with a framework build installed along side 2.4 so we can port our applications to Python 3.0 (which is source incompatible with 2.x). So I don't care really where the Python 3.0 framework gets installed, but its base must not be ${prefix}/Library/Frameworks. A directory such as ${prefix}/Library/Frameworks/${name} would work for me. Regards, Blair

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Checking if a given port is installed in pre-fetch
by Adam Mercer 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi Is there a way that I can check if a given port is installed in a pre-fetch phase and display a message, e.g. using ui_msg, if the port is installed? Cheers Adam

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question about adding distfiles to svn
by markd＠macports.org 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

I need to add a port to distfiles in the svn repo, but how do I do it without checking out the whole distfiles/ directory? Mark

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