mark abney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 8:33 AM -0800 wrote: >It's not a case sensitivity issue. The file that's in my PATH is 'tex' >and the filename as specified in the dependency is also 'tex', but port >simply refuses to find it. Where does it search? Or, if it does actually >find it, ignores it and still tries to install teTeX. Any ideas where in >all the tcl code these decisions are made? I haven't tried the >path: form of dependency yet; I'll need to do more experimentation. >Thanks for the suggestion. > I can't answer that. I changed the subject line in hopes that someone else will chime in. > >Running portindex seemed to do the trick. Before running it changes to >the dependencies or adding a new variant seemed to be ignored, but >portindex >changed that. Thanks for the tip on creating a local tree. This will make >it safer to experiment. It's too bad there isn't any documentation about >this stuff (e.g. not even a man page for or a mention on other man pages >about portindex), I don't know if I'll end up having the time and patience >for extensive trial and error.
There is in the legacy docs that are archived here. http://web.archive.org/web/20060427120406/darwinports.opendarwin.org/docs/ See "Using a Local Portfile Repository" Mark _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
