Well, let us say there is a new feature or security fix available on svn or cvs. You will have to wait until someone provides a package installer update before reaping the benefits. A real world example of this scenario would be mplayer. The mplayer package installer is always made last of all the updates. HTH
-Altoine On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Scott Haneda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am just curious, where is the value in a portfile for Lingon? There is a > easy to use binary installer for this that supports every OS version you > could need. > > Not trying at all to diminish the value of ports, I am literally trying to > understand what, perhaps, I am missing out on here by using port to manage > as many apps as I can, even ones with clear Mac OS X style installers that > are GUI driven. > > Thanks. > > On Nov 16, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Altoine Barker wrote: > > I noticed that Lingon in MacPorts was outdated version (2.0.2), so I >> changed the Portfile to reflect the new version (2.1) and the md5 checksum >> for the source (648c4ef122253110d28a950949c5d570). I tested the modified >> Portfile and it works. I manually changed the date and time of the portfile >> and here is what my Portfile contains: >> > > -- > Scott > >
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