Pyraf question

[David Nicholls]

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2009, at 20:31, David Nicholls wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone installed Pyraf (python iraf) using macports python?
>> 
>> I already have a direct install of Pyraf under a direct install of
>> Python, but macports is such a convenient and well integrated
>> system that I'm trying to change over to it.
>> 
>> I would guess that running the setup.py from the Pyraf distro from
>> the macports python would do the job, but I'd appreciate
>> confirmation before I try.
>> 
>> 2. Are there any plans to add Pyraf to the macports family?  The
>> source of plain Pyraf is
>> <http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf/current/download>
>> 
> 
> I don't see port request ticket filed for this, so you could file
> one. But the surest way to get a port added to MacPorts is to write
> it. Instructions for doing so are in the Guide, and you can also look
> to existing portfiles for guidance.
> 
> http://guide.macports.org/

Thanks, Ryan, sounds like an interesting thing to do when I recover from 
New Years Eve :-)  I'll see what I can do, and - if failure intervenes - 
I'll log a port request.

DN

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