Am 07.09.2010 um 21:19 schrieb Bradley Giesbrecht:
>
> On Sep 7, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Titus von Boxberg wrote:
>
>> Am 01.09.2010 um 08:29 schrieb Ryan Schmidt:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2010, at 01:09, Titus von Boxberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a phase when both the port is activated and the build directory
>>>> is still in place? Is there a thing like post-activation ?
>>>
>>> Yes, you can write a post-activate phase. But that's not the correct place
>>> to do the type of fix you're proposing. The correct place is probably the
>>> post-build phase. You can look at the oracle-instantclient for a
>>> (convoluted) example of calling install_name_tool in a portfile (it does it
>>> in the build phase, but you probably have an existing build phase you don't
>>> want to overwrite, so you probably want post-build instead).
>>>
>> Just to refresh the thread:
>> The original question was if and when to call an external script that calls
>> install_name_tool
>> which is necessary for wxWidgets-devel.
>>
>> I figured that it would be easiest to define a post-install phase.
>> Then the already existing script from wxWidgets can be called without
>> modifications.
>> That cannot be done in the post-build phase. In this phase I would have to
>> patch
>> the script or handcraft the call of install_name_tool like in
>> oracle-instantclient
>> which imo would only clutter the Portfile if there is a oneliner at hand.
>>
>> Is there a variable that defines the installation directory for the port?
>> I.e. the path ${prefix}/var/macports/software/.../${prefix}?
>> Or maybe only the ... component? Or at least a variable holding all variants?
>>
>> And why would the post-activate phase not be the correct place to call
>> change_install_name?
>> Is a port ever used before activation?
>
> I'm not sure when but at some point port registers the files installed. If
> you change the names of files after this point the commands like "port
> uninstall", "port contents" and "port provides" be adversely effected.
I'm not changing the names of the files.
port uninstall works well with this type of post-install script.
I only do not know how to get the path to the installation directory
because one component in it depends on variants selected.
Regards
Titus
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