Greetings, I'm attempting to write my first port. Writing the portfile is not too difficult, as there's lots of good examples. However, actually making it install is a lot tougher. I am making it work by: - adding the portfile in the right place in /opt/local - changing the portindex file to add the port info manually (and making up a number for it) However, these things seem really kludgey. Is it not possible to have a local portfile somewhere and install it using a command line "port" command? That would seem much better, but I can't find any documentation on how that's done. (For instance, there's a local "~/.portsrc" file? but I can't find any docs on it.) I think this is the sort of thing that really ought to be on the wiki - the barrier to entry of adding a portfile is really very high, and a short guide would be helpful. What it should say: - "So you've written a Portfile. Here's how you test it locally." - "Here's how you prevent it from being clobbered when you selfupdate." - "Here's where you put it if you're testing it locally, and want to leave it local for a while." - "Your Portfile is awesome. It works. Here's how to add it to the MacPorts repository." - "... and here's how you update it." - "Your Portfile probably has lots of dependencies. Here's how you tell what they are." - "Here are naming conventions for ports." etc. Especially the first one right now would be very useful for me. JDO