On 21 Aug, 2007, at 15:27, Jeff Stubbs wrote:
Ahhh, that would solve the problem. Would MP then update the receipt file, to indicate that the file is downloaded??
It's not handled by receipts. If you were to use `port -d` to see debug information, you'd see that port always checks for a distfile's existence before downloading it. So, just drop the file in (with the right name) and you're good to go.
Another question: From the grass dev list, they seem to be moving most/all math functions to BLAS/LAPACK. Is there any problem within Macports to linking to the Apple supplied accelerate framework? I've seen other dependencies that rely on stuff in /usr/bin, ....etc.
Yes, that's fine. I don't know anything about the particular library, but if it's not something everyone would have, it would be nice to confine its use to "platform darwin", test for its existence in pre- configure and, if it's not available, `return -code error "You don't have libblas"` (or a more detailed message). Of course, that's only necessary if/when you release the portfile for general use, and from the downloads situation it sounds like that's not the case yet. Chris