Re: how to: meta-package port

2015-05-30 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On Saturday May 30 2015 05:53:08 Ryan Schmidt wrote: > Even introducing a stub portgroup would be preferable to repeating this code > everywhere. ++ > I don't like the name "stub port" because it is confusingly similar to > "subport" which is a different concept. But not all stub ports are met

Re: how to: meta-package port

2015-05-30 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On May 28, 2015, at 11:30 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Thursday May 28 2015 12:27:19 Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > >> Install some dummy files instead of failing. Something like this: >> >>PortSystem 1.0 >>name foo >>supported_archs noarch >>archive_sites >>distfiles >>

Re: how to: meta-package port

2015-05-28 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On Thursday May 28 2015 12:27:19 Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > Install some dummy files instead of failing. Something like this: > > PortSystem 1.0 > name foo > supported_archs noarch > archive_sites > distfiles > use_configure no > build {} > destroot { > sy

Re: how to: meta-package port

2015-05-28 Thread Lawrence Velázquez
On May 28, 2015, at 11:48 AM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > What was the magic formula again to use in a meta-package port that only > exists to pull in (depend on) a number of other ports? Just supported_archs > noarch together with an error message in the pre-fetch? Install some dummy files inst

how to: meta-package port

2015-05-28 Thread René J . V . Bertin
Hi, What was the magic formula again to use in a meta-package port that only exists to pull in (depend on) a number of other ports? Just supported_archs noarch together with an error message in the pre-fetch? Thanks, R. ___ macports-dev mailing list m