On 6/25/07, Ryan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Portfiles are designed to install one software package, not multiple packages. Creating a port that installs multiple packages would be very difficult since the portfile syntax is not structured for that. I don't know of any ports that install multiple packages, and I don't think that's the way we want to go with this project. The MacPorts way is for ports to depend on other ports that they require. This is fairly normal for package managers, I think.
That depends: when you install gnome, that installs a bunch of component ports, doesn't it? from port info gnome: GNOME is a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application development framework for software developers. This port includes the GNOME desktop, GNOME platform, and, optionally the GNOME office. Library Dependencies: gnome-desktop-suite And the FreeBSD ports collection offers this example. /usr/ports/misc/instant-server cat pkg-descr instant server installs a typical set of ports for a server I'm sure there are uses for bundles likes this beyond the ones that exist currently. -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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