On Jan 14, 2020, at 03:52, Raphael Cohn wrote:
> I'm trying to get macports to use a local (file://) repository for a macports
> installed in a non-standard prefix (in this case, a project local macports,
> ie per user, per project) with a mixture of private and public port files. I
> want to be able to build from source the first time, then use a previously
> built archive for any subsequent operations. For example. uninstalling and
> reinstalling a bunch of ports as the project evolves.
>
> Ideally, I thought I could just create an entry in archive_sites.conf that
> pointed to <prefix>/var/macports/software, but that doesn't work; adding use
> of incoming/verified to point to a package in software (symlink) doesn't
> work; signing with my own key doesn't work. I must be missing something.
>
> Is this even possible?
I don't think I understand what you're trying to do.
<prefix>/var/macports/software is where MacPorts puts compressed archives of
the ports you've installed. If you uninstall a port, its corresponding archive
in that directory will be deleted.
So it doesn't make sense to list that location in archive_sites.conf, since
there would never be an occasion when you need to install a port and there
would be an archive already there. The archive would only be there if the port
is already installed.
