On Feb 24, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Chris Janton wrote:
On 2009-02-24 , at 15:35 , Scott Haneda wrote:
My feeling is, the sooner the better, there are already a handful
of blogs out there, which instructions and hard paths in their
instructions pointing to the current location. The sooner we put
it where MacPorts recommends, the better the long term usability is
going to be.
how about leaving it where it has been for years? I suspect many
people who use the port have become "attached" to the current
location, including me.
I suspect that as well, which is why I was asking. I believe it should
be moved, and if you are so inclined, you can symblink to the old
location.
Do a Google search on "/opt/apache2" and you'll see that the choice
of /opt/local/apache2 is perfectly sensible when compared to where
other "systems" put the application and files.
Correct, I noticed that as well, but it is contrary to the docs, which
I am reading, and trying to understand. I am trying to work on
several ports to add to MacPorts, and I want to do things the right
way, not just the way everyone has gotten used to.
Is there a compelling reason to put it somewhere else?
Warning: portname requests to install files outside the common
directory structure!
( That to me sound serious, ominous, and something we should strive to
solve for new users )
It generates an error, which is something people have to learn to
ignore or research about why the error happened. For a user who is
not a port contributor, this error is off putting to them.
It happened to me, I installed mysql devel, saw the error, and had to
track it down, to learn that the sql bench files are put in /opt/local
Now I know what the error is about. There are a lot of people I try
to get to use ports, and they all tell me they tried in the past but
could not get past errors, maybe this is one of those issues.
From the docs, this is open to new user interpretation, and could be
very off putting:
MacPorts tests for compliance to the common directory structure in $
{prefix}. If a port is not compliant with the standard, set it to yes.
You can find the macports standard in MacPorts File Hierarchy or in
the porthier(7) man page.
If destroot.violate_mtree is set to yes, the following warning is
issued during the installation.
Warning: portname requests to install files outside the common
directory structure!
This means that the port installed files outside of their normal
locations in ${prefix}. These could be files totally outside of $
{prefix}, which could cause problems on your computer, or files inside
of ${prefix} that are not in a standard location. Use port contents
portname to see the location for all files that were installed by a
given port.
My vote is to fix it, those who tend to like the old location, spend
time in it, and can symblink it.
--
Scott
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