FYI, I recall homebrew has tensorflow, so you might get some hints looking at their formula.
Marius was taking this on a few months ago as well, so might have some thoughts. Ken On 2017-12-18, at 1:52 PM, Enrico Maria Crisostomo wrote: > Hi, > > I’m trying to create a port for TensorFlow and I have already accumulated > quite a number of doubts in just a couple of hours I've been working on it. > > First of all, I realised (late) that TensorFlow (and some of its > dependencies) is built as a wheel package (a .whl file), and as such it gets > uploaded to the Python Package Index: > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tensorflow/1.4.1. whl files are meant to be > installed with pip, so my current port file does the following: > > if {${name} ne ${subport}} { > > build { > } > > destroot.cmd pip-${python.branch} > destroot.pre_args > destroot.args \ > install \ > --no-cache-dir \ > --no-dependencies \ > --target ${destroot}${python.pkgd} \ > ${worksrcpath}/${distname}${extract.suffix} > destroot.post_args > > livecheck.type none > } > > You can see the PR here: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1131 > > The port apparently work, but I'd like to submit this port for review for the > following reasons: > > * I'm not sure we should install a whl file this way, invoking `pip`. > > * I had to redefine `master_sites` and `checksums` for each version of > Phyton. > > * I had to redefine the `extract` properties to skip extraction and just > copy the downloaded file into `${worksrcpath}`: > > extract.suffix .whl > extract.cmd cp > extract.pre_args > extract.post_args ${worksrcpath} > extract.mkdir yes > > * Is there a better idiom to refer to the currently-installed `pip`? > > destroot.cmd pip-${python.branch} > > * Is there a better idiom to refer to the Python site packages directory in > the staging area? > > ${destroot}${python.pkgd} > > Finally, I'm wondering whether this is a good idea at all. I've grep-ed the > ports and I saw no other whl file installed this way. > > If you can have a look at the PR I will appreciate any feedback and insight. > > Cheers, > -- > Enrico