I rather like this idea. I'm not sure of the complexity but it would come in handy in a number of places.
—Mark _______________________ Mark E. Anderson <[email protected]> MacPorts Trac WikiPage <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark> GitHub Profile <https://github.com/markemer> On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 3:25 PM Gregory Anders <[email protected]> wrote: > A feature I would personally like to see in MacPorts is the ability to > create > my own select groups and add arbitrary programs to it. I am happy to > create a > prototype PR for review, but wanted to see if this had been proposed or > considered before. > > What I have in mind is a new subcommand to 'port select', e.g. '--add' > that > could be used like so: > > sudo port select --add GROUP TARGET OPTIONS... > > Presently, each port that has multiple options has to provide its own > 'select' > companion port. Not all ports have these and it can be tedious to create > them > for every port that needs it. This is especially true for Python and Lua > ports > that install executables: users often want to use the plain executable > name > without the version information which is only possible with a select group. > > This would also solve another personal pain point for me: the current > inability > to use a plain 'clangd' command installed via MacPorts. I proposed adding > clangd to the clang_select group in #10558, but it was closed (for > perfectly > valid reasons). However, if I were able to create my own select group I > could > still accomplish this with no compatibility issues for the greater > MacPorts > project: > > sudo port select --add clangd clangd clangd-mp-13 > sudo port select --set clangd clangd-mp-13 > > A similar situation exists for e.g. universal-ctags, which currently > installs > itself as 'uctags'. I would love to be able to create my own > "ctags_select" > group that allows me to use universal-ctags as plain 'ctags'. > > sudo port select --add ctags ctags ctags uctags > sudo port select --set ctags uctags > > I hope the above provides enough motivation for the feature. Please let me > know > your thoughts. I will start work on a prototype PR if I get a positive (or > at > least, non-negative) response. > > Thanks! > > Greg >
