On 6/22/18, 10:28 AM, "Joshua Root" <j...@macports.org> wrote:
> I'm making some progress in writing a Portfile for my project, but I'm stuck on one point. The project's build script uses python distutils (which I'd be happy to get rid of but that's not likely to happen soon). The build commands, outside of MacPorts, are > > python setup.py build --3D > python setup.py install --3D --prefix=/some/installation/directory Given that this is a distutils-based project, you should probably be using the python portgroup. <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fguide.macports.org%2Fchunked%2Freference.portgroup.html%23reference.portgroup.python&data=02%7C01%7Cstephen.langer%40nist.gov%7Cda46c0f003e74d91d93e08d5d84c5e6f%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C1%7C636652744881116053&sdata=zKW0QVKgF3shdTtOFm6R6H%2BGeNJsmYmrI1yC5l%2FfshM%3D&reserved=0> At the very least, some of its settings will be useful to you, such as the default value set for destroot.destdir: <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmacports%2Fmacports-ports%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2F_resources%2Fport1.0%2Fgroup%2Fpython-1.0.tcl%23L234&data=02%7C01%7Cstephen.langer%40nist.gov%7Cda46c0f003e74d91d93e08d5d84c5e6f%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C1%7C636652744881116053&sdata=SpCS5qHjMSnKVsKbe1SzUuKx4c3IXFttemeKcnC33K0%3D&reserved=0> - Josh Thanks. I didn't even know to look for a python portgroup. I'm still learning... -- Steve