On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:38 p.m., Shiyuan wrote:
> 1. I want to write a portfile for install the package auctex for emacs.
There's already a port called "auctex", if you haven't seen it already.
> I have two emacs installed, one is Emacs.app(Cocoa), the other is emacs(for
> non-graphical command line). Accordingly, I need to specify different
> configuration for auctex, i.e., set -with-emacs -with-lisp-dir to different
> locations. I want both Emacs.app and emacs can find the package auctex. In
> this case, should I write two different port files and give the port
> different names (auctex and auctex-app, for example) or should I make one
> portfile with two different variants? I try the latter, but it seems that
> only one variant is activated, that is, the lisp files only exist in one
> lisp-dir. Are there any other options I can use to make two variants
> activated at the same time?
Variants are not mutually exclusive unless you define them to be. In this case,
AUCTeX's configure script might only accept one "--with-lisp-dir" argument and
one "--with-emacs" argument. Your best bet might be separate ports, or maybe
subports. I'm not familiar with what AUCTeX installs, so I can't say whether
separate ports would step on each other's toes by trying to install the same
files.
> 2. How can I see the the definition of Portfiles for a particular port
> return by "port search xxport"?
You can print a portfile to stdout by using "port cat <portname>" or open it in
your default ${EDITOR} with "port edit <portname>". For instance, to open the
portfile for emacs-app, use "port edit emacs-app". Throw in an option to pick
your editor/viewer: "port edit --editor vim emacs-app".
vq
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