On Aug 5, 2007, at 12:19 PM, js wrote:
I'm wondering if there's any guideline or suggestion that MacPorts port creaters should follow.
apache2 installs its conf files in /opt/local/apache2/conf but apache's in /opt/local/etc/apache/conf. Is this a bug? or just lack of good guidelines?
May I pose a follow up question to this one? The apache2 install in /opt/local/apache2 looks like a tweak to the default build to install it inside the /opt directory. But the postgresql build is scattered just like the OP's example of the apache install. (i.e., bulk is in /opt/local/lib, db cluster in /opt/ local/var/db/postgresql/defaultdb, ...etc) Is there is a historical reason for this? Just to get a handle on working with portfiles, I created a local repository and modified the original portfile to install the database into an /opt/local/pgsql82 direcotry. Ran into a couple of minor problems but was able to work it out. The server works fine. I realize that any attempt to use this modified port wouldn't be worth it, but was a good learning experience. Jeff