Hi all, two questions:
(1)
I am working on a port for iRods. This software package would provides a server
and a set of clients. Currently I am interested only in the client part (for
those who might know the product: icommands and fuse) and there might be no
need for the server part after all, but how knows. So I would like to
anticipate this possibility.
As the ports (server + 1* clients) would share substantial parts Portfile code
(it is built from one single package), I guess it is a good idea to use
subports for this. I have little experience with this, but I think one could
come up with something like this:
irods
The main port itself, either meta port or server port w/ dependency on
clients?
A port which is not supposed to be used directly, like is the case for
example for the py-* ports?
irods-server
for the server part
irods-clients
all clients (use variants to switch on parts?)
irods-icmds / irods-client-icmds / irods-icommands
irods-fuse / irods-client-fuse
for the various clients separated into different subports
Maybe at some point it might be helpful to separate a lib subport as well, but
this probably depend on the project itself.
So what are the pros/cons in doing the one o the other? Any guidelines for the
port naming?
How to deal with the main port if it is supposed to do nothing? Do I need to
disable all phases or is the intended use different? Should it provide just a
message to the user (any good example for this?). I was looking a bit around i
the repo, but found no example which fits exactly the above situations.
(2)
Am I correct that there are no *-prepend equivalents to *-append? Is there a
way the have this functionality? I was thinking to do something like:
long_description-perpend \
This subport provides the i-commands client.
Where the generally description of the system is given in the main port.
Thanks for any comment!
~petr
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