On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Craig Treleaven wrote: > At 6:46 AM -0700 3/23/12, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: >> On Mar 22, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Craig Treleaven wrote: >> > I'm going to *attempt* to be a maintainer--I'm very worried that I'm >> > biting off far more than I can chew. >> >> If you are not familiar with MacPorts, start simple and build the port in >> phases. >> >> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/CommittersTipsAndTricks#TestingPortPhases >> http://guide.macports.org/#reference.phases >> >> You can work on anywhere convienent if you execute the port commands from >> within the directory. >> Create a directory somewhere named MythTV: >> $ mkdir ~/Desktop/MythTV >> $ cd ~/Desktop/MythTV >> $ touch Portfile >> >> Edit Portfile adding items 1 thru 13 here: >> http://guide.macports.org/#development.introduction >> >> Then test the fetch phase: >> $ sudo port -v fetch >> >> Continue on to patch etc... >> > Thanks, I appreciate the pointers. I take it that it is not necessary to use > SVN, at least to begin with?
Right, you do not need to setup svn. You just need to tell port where your Portfile is, or easier, cd to the directory. > BTW, your last comment is about patching--if that is necessary, this is over! > ;) That was just an example, the patch phase follows the extract phase. There is no requirement to have patch files. Can you send me the perl script you use to build MythTV? Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)
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