On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Scott Webster wrote:
> I guess Mark is presumably thinking of a situation where someone just
> doesn't have the permissions to install in /opt/local so it isn't just
> a willy-nilly desire to put it somewhere else, but still it seems that
> compiling from source is no
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
> Back to MacPorts. Simple install, defaults to /opt/local. Well thought out,
> just like copy and paste was. /opt/local sets the foundation for MacPorts
> moving forward. Advanced users who need something beyond a true "one click
> inst
On Jul 28, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Mark Farnell wrote:
> Yes, this is what I mean.
>
> However if you feel this can cause security issues, there are two
> alternative ways:
>
> - Rather than letting the user to choose any directory, the installer
> can ask the user to choose whether it is for system o
Yes, this is what I mean.
However if you feel this can cause security issues, there are two
alternative ways:
- Rather than letting the user to choose any directory, the installer
can ask the user to choose whether it is for system or for user, if
system, ask password and install in /opt/local/,
> If course I know one can install from source. What I am asking is to
> implement custom directory installation in the installer, as not everyone
> know how to compile sourcecode...
So you want the DMG installer to be able to go into a user directory when run
by a non-admin, and if po
If course I know one can install from source. What I am asking is to
implement custom directory installation in the installer, as not
everyone know how to compile sourcecode...
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Mark Farnell wrote:
>> I
On Jul 28, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Mark Farnell wrote:
> It is nice to see that everything is now contained in /opt/local/ and
> /usr/ is no longer touched.
I don't think the installer has ever installed into /usr
> However to allow macport to be installed by users without admin
> privilege within thei
It is nice to see that everything is now contained in /opt/local/ and
/usr/ is no longer touched.
However to allow macport to be installed by users without admin
privilege within their home directory, we should allow users to
specify custom install directory, and if the user has write access to
th
Le 28 juil. 2010 à 18:45, Ryan Schmidt a écrit :
>
> Xcode updates via Software Update on Snow Leopard? That would be handy. I
> hadn't seen that yet.
Not in any way I am aware of.
Vincent
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On Jul 28, 2010, at 05:53, MacPorts wrote:
> -Xcode Tools is neither installed nor updated via the Software Update utility.
> +Xcode Tools is not updated via the Software Update utility on OS versions
> prior to 10.6.
Xcode updates via Software Update on Snow Leopard? That would be handy. I
had
On Jul 27, 2010, at 12:04, Eric Hall wrote:
> Given that p5-perlmagick requires ImageMagick to be installed, why have
> a separate port for it (other than the fact that MP doesn't yet have
> variants-in-dependencies)?
That's one reason: it lets other ports declare a dependency on it -- tod
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