Rainer Müller wrote: > Scott Haneda wrote: >> I actually do not even understand why a port has to be made for >> anything in CPAN. I am sure the publish a list of all their modules, >> how come that list can not just exist in MacPorts, and we can simply >> issue something like `sudo port install cpan-foo::bar::baz and have >> MacPorts do the rest. >> >> For items that would not build right away, or if someone wants >> something tried, true, and tested, there could be a full port file. > > There is cpan2port written by Marc [1] which is meant to create > Portfiles from CPAN. It is new and I don't know if it works in all > cases, so any help from someone with a Perl background would be appreciated. > > This should also be moved to our contrib section [2] and then made > available as a port so it's easier to use for Portfile authors. > > Rainer > > [1] > http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2008-November/012298.html > [2] http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/contrib/
Integrating something like cpan2port more directly into MacPorts as Scott described would be a neat project. There a bunch of implementation and UI issues, but I don't think they're insurmountable. As usual, it hasn't been done yet simply because nobody has had the time and motivation to do it. And of course cpan2port is a great first step. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
