I suspect the apps will have different paths, but I’m not sure. Is there a way to find out the contents of a port without installing each one?
> On Jan 29, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Sterling Smith <smit...@fusion.gat.com> wrote: > > Is there a common library or binary that could be specified as a library, > path, or bin dependency > https://guide.macports.org/chunked/reference.dependencies.html > > -Sterling > > On Jan 28, 2016, at 8:50PM, Mark Brethen <mark.bret...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a dependency on the emacs-app for the reduce-addons subport. It is >> needed to byte-compile a couple of elisp files for the ide. I realize there >> are currently 8 different ports that install emacs: >> >> emacs @24.5_1 (editors) >> The GNU Emacs text editor >> >> emacs-app @24.5_2 (aqua, editors) >> The GNU Emacs text editor (Cocoa version) >> >> emacs-app-devel @20151029 (aqua, editors) >> The GNU Emacs text editor, recent Git development version >> >> emacs-mac-app @5.15 (aqua, editors) >> Emacs Mac port >> >> emacs-snapshot @20140101_1 (editors) >> The GNU Emacs text editor >> >> emacs22 @22.3_8 (editors) >> The GNU Emacs text editor >> >> emacs23 @23.4_6 (editors) >> The GNU Emacs text editor >> >> xemacs @21.4.22_11 (editors, x11) >> A highly customizable open-source text editor. >> >> A user who uses xemacs, for example, may not like another emacs app >> installed on their mac. Is it preferable to check if emacs is already >> installed on the user’s system and if not, then install a “default” emacs >> app or the emacs binary? What’s the best way to implement this? >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> macports-dev mailing list >> macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org >> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev > Mark _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
