Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-23 Thread Darren Weber
I like the idea of an opt-in Xgrid system, whereby users could opt-in to install an Xgrid client that provides a macports build system, binary distributions, and meta-ports monitor. Of course, some folks might interpret it as too much big-brother, but really it's just so common now to have

Re: compile farm?

2009-03-23 Thread Darren Weber
An Xgrid system? On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Rainer Müller rai...@macports.org wrote: Darren Weber wrote: Is it possible to use the sourceforge compile farm to provide binary distros for macports? The sourceforge compile farm does not exist any more for at least two years now.

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 23, 2009, at 01:06, Darren Weber wrote: I like the idea of an opt-in Xgrid system, whereby users could opt- in to install an Xgrid client that provides a macports build system, binary distributions, and meta-ports monitor. Of course, some folks might interpret it as too much

Re: port install efficiency issue

2009-03-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 22, 2009, at 13:19, Darren Weber wrote: On balance, I'm both impressed and disappointed with the complexity of the macports system to date. For example, dependency resolution needs a lot of work during upgrades, binary distributions are a great idea in the making (perhaps forever

Re: port install efficiency issue

2009-03-23 Thread Frank J. R. Hanstick
On Mar 23, 2009, at 12:47 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Mar 22, 2009, at 13:19, Darren Weber wrote: On balance, I'm both impressed and disappointed with the complexity of the macports system to date. For example, dependency resolution needs a lot of work during upgrades, binary

Re: Python, Tcl, Tix ...

2009-03-23 Thread Rainer Müller
Ryan Schmidt wrote: I am hoping the maintainer of the tcl and tk ports can explain the odd behavior I am seeing. Checking the Makefile after configure, there are problems with include paths in TCL_SRC_DIR, TK_SRC_DIR and INCLUDES (which uses TCL_INCLUDES and TK_INCLUDES). TCL_INCLUDES and

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-23 Thread Joshua Root
Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 01:06, Darren Weber wrote: I like the idea of an opt-in Xgrid system, whereby users could opt-in to install an Xgrid client that provides a macports build system, binary distributions, and meta-ports monitor. Of course, some folks might interpret

Re: Cannot access rsync.macports.org

2009-03-23 Thread Ceriel Jacobs
If you run LittleSnitch create a rule for rsync (/usr/bin/rsync) that allows connections to server hostname rsync.macports.org, port 873, protocol 6 (TCP). Make sure the rule is enabled. ___ macports-users mailing list

Re: port install efficiency issue

2009-03-23 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:08 AM, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 12:47 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Mar 22, 2009, at 13:19, Darren Weber wrote: On balance, I'm both impressed and disappointed with the complexity of the macports system to date. For example, dependency

Re: compile farm?

2009-03-23 Thread Darren Weber
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Ryan Schmidt ryandes...@macports.orgwrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 01:11, Darren Weber wrote: On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Rainer Müller wrote: Darren Weber wrote: Is it possible to use the sourceforge compile farm to provide binary distros for

Re: compile farm?

2009-03-23 Thread Anders F Björklund
Darren Weber wrote: This suggestion may be too complicated, but it's a thought. Suppose it is possible to create a virtual machine or some kind of encapsulated clean environment (perhaps like a java sdk or something), which can contain any of the environments for OSX (10.x), or at least

Re: port install efficiency issue

2009-03-23 Thread Joshua Root
Darren Weber wrote: when I look at a Portfile, I also take a little time to check out darwinports and Debian packages to learn something about how these software are built and distributed. I'm confused - is this a slip of the keyboard? DarwinPorts no longer exists, the name changed to

Re: compile farm?

2009-03-23 Thread Darren Weber
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Anders F Björklund a...@macports.orgwrote: Darren Weber wrote: This suggestion may be too complicated, but it's a thought. Suppose it is possible to create a virtual machine or some kind of encapsulated clean environment (perhaps like a java sdk or

Re: port install efficiency issue

2009-03-23 Thread Darren Weber
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Joshua Root j...@macports.org wrote: Darren Weber wrote: when I look at a Portfile, I also take a little time to check out darwinports and Debian packages to learn something about how these software are built and distributed. I'm confused - is this a

php5 port test php5

2009-03-23 Thread drf
Hi, My setup: Mac Mini, 10.4.11, Xcode 2.5, GCC 4, MacPorts 1.7 Everything compiles fine, there are some complaints about signedness from the compiler, but it all looks ok. But when I run the PHP test suite, over 70 tests fail, including ones I wouldn't really expect, like on the

Re: Python, Tcl, Tix ...

2009-03-23 Thread Bryan Blackburn
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:48:55AM +0100, Rainer Müller said: [...] The real problem is that our Tk installation is missing files which are for example shipped with the build from Apple. In particular where I discovered the first build error, Tix looks for tkInt.h which is missing. Apple

Re: php5 port test php5

2009-03-23 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:00 PM, drf wrote: Hi, My setup: Mac Mini, 10.4.11, Xcode 2.5, GCC 4, MacPorts 1.7 Everything compiles fine, there are some complaints about signedness from the compiler, but it all looks ok. But when I run the PHP test suite, over 70 tests fail, including ones I

Re: php5 port test php5

2009-03-23 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:00 PM, drf wrote: Hi, My setup: Mac Mini, 10.4.11, Xcode 2.5, GCC 4, MacPorts 1.7 Everything compiles fine, there are some complaints about signedness from the compiler, but it all looks ok. But when I run

Re: php5 port test php5

2009-03-23 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:00 PM, drf wrote: Hi, My setup: Mac Mini, 10.4.11, Xcode 2.5, GCC 4, MacPorts 1.7 Everything compiles fine, there are some complaints about signedness from the compiler, but it all looks ok. But when I run the PHP test suite, over 70 tests fail, including ones I

Re: php5 port test php5

2009-03-23 Thread drf
Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:00 PM, drf wrote: Hi, My setup: Mac Mini, 10.4.11, Xcode 2.5, GCC 4, MacPorts 1.7 Everything compiles fine, there are some complaints about signedness from the compiler, but it all looks ok. But when I run the PHP