I like most do not like all that DarwinPorts and Fink bring in when you install them. So, I have been developing my own scripts as well. Currently, I use a model for the script based on the actions that DarwinPorts does when it installs packages, but using bash scripts rather than tcl which I never really liked. You may view some of them at http://idisk.mac.com/kranki-Public if you are interested. mkLibexpat.sh is my primary script where I develop new features and then push them back into the other scripts.
I have not tried to make any of them universal installations nor have I added binary installs, currently just source installs. I own 7 macs of varying types and running these scripts has really not been much of a burden. Besides, I just didn't feel that I wanted them taking up twice as much harddrive space, but I am not opposed to adding that ability to them if needed. They were written by me and have not had any sort of review by others which I would like. So, even if you do not want to use them, but review them, I would appreciate the feedback. I am going to use them whether anyone else does or not until I find something better. Anyway, they are not copyrighted because they are not that important. However, I do believe that it is important to provide the build scripts being used to create the binaries that are being distributed and to distribute them with the binaries. They provide an educational benefit as well as a potential source of improvements if made available. I would be willing to provide some time to help in creating and maintaining them in collaboration with others. Just let me know. _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
