yes but requires a bootstrap from an older compiler. Would have to go bck to the first compiler that can be build from C, all recent versions require a previous ldc or gdc version. I can try to do the bootstrap, although not sure I have seen documentation for that either.
> On Mar 24, 2024, at 2:35 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > On Mar 24, 2024, at 15:52, P Padil wrote: > >> I’m trying to develop a new port for the d-lang ldc package (see attached), >> but I’m having a hard time deciphering the macports guide as to how to >> install something like this. It is a binary distributed in a tar.xz file >> which has the bin, lib, etc, imports directories in the tar and, I would >> have though, would be easy to link to the appropriate installion dirs. >> However I cannot find anything as to how to do this in a Portfile. Any >> pointers/help appreciated. > > There's no documentation specific to this case because it's not a usual way > to distribute software. I don't recall encountering this need in MacPorts > before. > > It looks like you're trying to write a portfile that installs a precompiled > binary. MacPorts prefers to build from source. Can the port be made to do > that instead?
