On 2017-01-26 12:33, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> The only real obstacle is the fact that only a single file,
> "Portfile" is copied into the registry, but a quick look suggests
> that could be solved by loading delegate Portfiles through a `proc
> PortFile` (clone of the PortGroup proc) that sets
On 2017-01-26 23:12, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Thursday January 26 2017 21:56:59 Rainer Müller wrote:
>> Looking at the VLC port it looks like the subport ffmpeg-VLC and
>> the main port have nothing in common at all.
>
> You're not wrong but that's not entirely true either, the subport
>
On Thursday January 26 2017 15:18:40 Brandon Allbery wrote:
> The complication is that, on installing, the Portfile (and, with this
> change, any inclusions) gets saved in the registry so that its uninstall
Yes, currently that's only the Portfile, and that happens in portinstall.tcl .
A bit
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:13 PM, René J.V. Bertin
wrote:
> On Thursday January 26 2017 13:59:36 Brandon Allbery wrote:
> > It got tossed around on IRC around a year and a half ago; the conclusion
> > was that it was a lot of complication for very little gain.
>
> A lot more
On Thursday January 26 2017 12:56:51 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> I don't think anyone's ever suggested before that include files would be
> beneficial for portfile development, except for portgroups which are already
> handled.
PortGroups are exactly that (IMHO), include files, and they're very
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Ryan Schmidt
wrote:
> I don't think anyone's ever suggested before that include files would be
> beneficial for portfile development, except for portgroups which are
> already handled.
>
It got tossed around on IRC around a year and a
> On Jan 26, 2017, at 05:33, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In the past I've simplified the development of complex Portfiles by splitting
> them over at least 2 Portfiles, loaded with Tcl's `source` command. The
> latest example would be the ffmpeg-VLC subport
>
Hello,
In the past I've simplified the development of complex Portfiles by splitting
them over at least 2 Portfiles, loaded with Tcl's `source` command. The latest
example would be the ffmpeg-VLC subport
I think the maintenance of quite a few of the more complex ports with multiple
subports