#51799: add a concept of 'distributions' for ports that work on specific older architectures -------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: kenneth.f.cunningham@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by kenneth.f.cunningham@…): I was thinking, without any changes in the current port base, even something like this in the portfile (in this example, the qt4-mac portfile) might go a long way towards alleviating wasted time and frustration...in a perfect world, this error would somehow lead to the appropriate Portfile revision being delivered into a personal repository on that machine, but as you point out, that is another entire matter entirely. {{{ pre-fetch { if {${os.platform} eq "darwin" && ${os.major} <= 8} { ui_error "Current versions of qt4-mac are not compatible with MacOSX Tiger or earlier." ui_error "Please use revision 87272 for MacOSX Tiger." ui_error "For instructions on how to do that, see <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort>." error Incompatible_Version_for_OS } } }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51799#comment:6> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X