"Daniel J. Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 1:03 PM -0800 wrote: >> I think this issue has been broached before, but as it is still >> ongoing, I'd like to raise it up again. I'd like to install >> MacPorts on a different drive other than my boot-up drive. The >> current version of DarwinPorts-1.3.1 lets me select the disk to >> install on, but does not run properly after installation. > >If you build/install from source, you should be able to get a working >macports install wherever you want it. > >> Can this be fixed in the next release? Actually, I was hoping that >> MacPorts would be even more location-independent. I would like to >> install MacPorts on a network drive under Mac OSX Server which >> shares its available ports and libraries with client OSX machines >> on the network. I'm not sure how much effort or re-organization of >> the files involved, but is this a feature that others would find >> worthwhile as well? > >Our installer should probably limit installation to the boot drive so >that things 'just work' (while alternative install locations are >supported/available with the source install).
Oh I see my question about http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/7534 has been addressed in this parallel thread. Also, I'll see if I can stick some verbiage in the README installer .dmg file to warn people about trying to install into other than /opt/local with the .dmg installer, since I am guessing no actuial installer changes will be made for this point release. http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/11010 Mark _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
