Re: RFC: Changing apache2 to install its files to /opt/local/ instead of /opt/local/apache2

2008-03-01 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 1, 2008, at 08:56, Matthew Ross wrote: > On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:30 AM, js wrote: > >> As you know, current apache2 port uses /opt/local/apache2 as a >> prefix. >> This is a bit different from other ports using /opt/local as a >> prefix. >> This problem always confused me, so I think it wo

Checking if a given port is installed in pre-fetch

2008-03-01 Thread Adam Mercer
Hi Is there a way that I can check if a given port is installed in a pre-fetch phase and display a message, e.g. using ui_msg, if the port is installed? Cheers Adam ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge

Re: Google SoC 2008

2008-03-01 Thread Anders F Björklund
Daniel J. Luke wrote: >> - Binaries / Packages ("Task 4" in Wiki) >> >> Using archives (tgz/tbz/tlz) would probably be easiest to implement, >> but packages (pkg/deb/rpm) would be the most useful in my opinion. > > How would this be different from the dp-light work? (I believe that > that was wo

Re: Google SoC 2008

2008-03-01 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Anders F Björklund wrote: - Binaries / Packages ("Task 4" in Wiki) Using archives (tgz/tbz/tlz) would probably be easiest to implement, but packages (pkg/deb/rpm) would be the most useful in my opinion. How would this be different from the dp-light work? (I believe

Re: RFC: Changing apache2 to install its files to /opt/local/ instead of /opt/local/apache2

2008-03-01 Thread Matthew Ross
I have been wanting this for a long time. If I were you, I would look at patching the config.layout with a new layout. You can then configure with --enable-layout=LAYOUT. I believe this takes care of the paths in the default httpd.conf file for you. On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:30 AM, js wrote: > Hi

RFC: Changing apache2 to install its files to /opt/local/ instead of /opt/local/apache2

2008-03-01 Thread js
Hi James, As you know, current apache2 port uses /opt/local/apache2 as a prefix. This is a bit different from other ports using /opt/local as a prefix. This problem always confused me, so I think it would be nice if it changed to use the same prefix. This change, however, would need a lot of work,

Re: Google SoC 2008

2008-03-01 Thread Anders F Björklund
James Berry wrote: > I'm writing to attempt to gauge interest in whether and how MacPorts > should participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for 2008. See > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ > . There's also the old MacPorts Summer of Code pages from GSoc 2007: http://trac.macports.org/project