Citando Jasper Frumau : > > > However, unless I am on a totally different page, you can make packages in > > MacPorts now. They seemed to work fine for me, on simple tests. > > > > I wonder why this is not popular or done then? If a port maintainer can make > packages I would imagine - not an expert at all myself - I command could be > introduced to install a package and choose the latest binary if need be. >
I also wonder. Maybe it is not so popular with the base developpers. The possibility of installing binary is present (and as always been in macports). The archive mode creates a tgz package of any port you install. Those tgz packages are the ones that get installed if they are found in the dedicated dir (/opt/local/var/macports/packages/linux/i386/ for me). However, there is no online repository (and for that matter, no trusted repository) of built macports packages. Also, the pkg targets have been improved recently I was told... The only missing code would be the fetching of those packages when the '-b' switch is used, no ? Best, Emmanuel _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
