On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 07:09:07AM -0600, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 02:17 raf via perl6-users <perl6-us...@perl.org> > wrote: > > > Hi. I'm trying to create a macports portfile for zef so > > > I'm not a Mac user, but I've been struggling with another Rakudo > installation method for Linux and had similar problems. My solution has > been to install the binary code for linux by downloading it and putting it > in /opt. > > Where are you getting the compiled code? Are you rearranging it in any way > before it gets to the final destination? > > Best regards, > > -Tom The usual way is for a macports Portfile to download the source and compile it (if necessary) on each client host. I have been given good advice on how to proceed with my problem (that some directories aren't created when rakudo is installed, so it tries to create them when running zef's installation but not having the permissions to do so). But I'm too busy at the moment to work on it right now. Macports builds a package into a destroot directory and then installs it into an installation directory and then activates the installation by copying or symlinking from /opt/local/whatever to the installation directory. That enables multiple versions of the same package to be installed, with a single version being active at any one time. I think the problem I'm having is that it disregards empty directories unless you explicitly instruct it to keep them, and I think that that isn't happening in the rakudo port to retain directories that it creates but that are empty initially. If I change the rakudo port to keep those directories, the zef port should work. At least, that's my mental model at the moment. cheers, raf
