Re: Macports needs a little marketing ....

On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 01:38 AM, Guido Soranzio wrote: > > > On 2016-11-06 Rainer Müller wrote: >>> Yeah — what is needed, perhaps, is an “App Store” for macports… > >> Like Pallet, the GUI for MacPorts? Unfortunately it is not in a usable >> state at the moment. > > JPortsUI lets you choo

Re: Macports needs a little marketing ....

On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 01:20 AM, Guido Soranzio wrote: > >> On 6 Nov 2016, at 10:01, Al Varnell wrote: >> >> It would be even better if it was updated to run using a currently supported >> version of Oracle Java rather than requiring legacy (deprecated and less >

Re: Pallet

Yes, it has been dead for several years now. See if JPortsUI meets your needs. -Al- On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 09:12 PM, DaveC via macports-users wrote: > > > I installed Pallet 1.0 and when launched asks me for the path to Tcl (usually > @ /Library/T

Re: MacPorts 2.4.1 has been released

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 04:45 AM, Joshua Root wrote: > > > The MacPorts Project is pleased to announce the release of version > 2.4.1. This is a bugfix release with small changes only. See the > ChangeLog [1] for the list of changes. > > If you already have MacPorts installed, the preferred met

Re: MacPorts 2.4.1 has been released

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2017, at 12:26, Al Varnell wrote: >> Seem to be problems with the Seattle mirror again: >> >> $ sudo port -v selfupdate >> ---> Updating

Re: port selfupdate / port reclaim

Not much of a secret, actually. It's the first item listed in the Change Log under 2.4 . You will find several other "secrets" there. Sent from Janet's iPad -Al- On Feb 26, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Sat, 2

Re: Trac does not see /opt for attaching files

/opt has been installed as a hidden directory by every macOS/OS X installer from day 1. Sent from my iPhone -Al- -- Al Varnell Mountain View, CA On May 15, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > The OS does not have any idea what /opt is or that it should be hidden, > unless someone t

Re: Installing WINE

ust did "port install wine", and it seeme to be (re)installing half the > known universe... Is this to be expected? Installinh it on Debian was > quite simple - just an "apt-get" or two. -- Al Varnell Mountain View, CA smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: Macports installation problem

Type echo $PATH in Terminal to make certain that /opt/local/bin/ is included. If not then you need to add it or just use: sudo /opt/local/bin/port install cairo. -Al- On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:25 AM, John wrote: > Hi, > >I tried to install Cairo graphics > > https://www.cairographics.

Re: Macports installation problem

t login: Wed Oct 18 18:03:28 on ttys000 > John-MacBook-Pro:~ miao$ /opt/local/bin/port ; exit; > MacPorts 2.4.2 > Entering shell mode... ("help" for help, "quit" to quit) > [Users/john] > sudo /opt/local/bin/port install cairo > Error: Unrecognized action &quo

Re: [MacPorts-announce] MacPorts 2.5.4 has been released

It's been ten days now and the Seattle mirror still doesn't have the MacPorts 2.5.4! Makes me wonder what else is out of date there? -Al- On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 01:48 AM, Al Varnell wrote: > Request. > > For the second time in a row, the update is not available from my pre

Re: Help please

Just don't use the one in Seattle as it has been down since July and all our inquiries have gone unanswered. -Al- On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 07:14 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Nov 15, 2018, at 00:51, jam wrote: > >> The new bit is a Telstra NBN modem (for Aus’s new high spe

Re: browser recomendations

I would stay away from Google Chrome. Takes up lots of room, many adware vulnerabilities and Google tracking is alive and well. Brave Browser is getting a lot of attention recently and I've started using it as a second browser . I don't know of any browser that meets all your

Re: [MacPorts-announce] MacPorts 2.5.4 has been released

> decommissioned several years ago. Not sure when you last used it but > according them it's been decommissioned. > > Lewis > > On 3/14/19, 4:41 PM, "Al Varnell" wrote: > >As mentioned in my voicemail I'm writing to you to determine the status

Re: [MacPorts-announce] MacPorts 2.5.4 has been released

wner and they stated that this was > decommissioned several years ago. Not sure when you last used it but > according them it's been decommissioned. > > Lewis > > On 3/14/19, 4:41 PM, "Al Varnell" wrote: > >As mentioned in my voicemail I'm writ

Re: Using Macports' gcc8 to build C programs and libraries

In macOS Mojave 10.4.4 with latest Command Line Tools installed I found: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/sys/cdefs.h -Al- > On Apr 1, 2019, at 06:38, Sean Lake > wrote: > >> >> On Apr 1

Re: [MacPorts-announce] MacPorts 2.5.4 has been released

you last used it but > according them it's been decommissioned. > > Lewis > > On 3/14/19, 4:41 PM, "Al Varnell" wrote: > >As mentioned in my voicemail I'm writing to you to determine the status of > one of the servers that I've been tol

Re: macports-installation: do I have to install xcode?

For many years now, I've always been able to get by with only the CLTs, but only use a few, uncomplicated processes, so may not be a typical user. Sent from my iPad -Al- On Jul 4, 2019, at 10:38, Hongxia (Laura) Hao wrote: > Dear all, > > I am wondering if I need to install the whole xcode a

Re: Catalina

I would not be allowed to even say if I was, but my understanding is that Feedback submissions from the public beta program are only considered in aggregate and never responded back to individuals. Sent from my iPad -Al- > On Jul 8, 2019, at 12:53, Peter Homann wrote: > > NDA.

Re: Catalina

g those of us with a developer account (or public beta) but > I don’t know that agreement. > > —Mark > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 8:25 PM Al Varnell via macports-users > <mailto:macports-users@lists.macports.org>> wrote: > I would not be allowed to even say if I was, b

Re: output like "port list all" over the web?

As an apparent minority user of both Macports and MacUpdater as well as a former subscriber to MacUpdate Desktop, I can heartedly confirm everything you said, and add that the developer is easy to work with (I do so almost weekly) compared to those at MacUpdate. I have never had any MacPorts con

Re: output like "port list all" over the web?

There is one other thing I forgot to mention about MacUpdater < https://www.corecode.io/macupdater/>. It’s free if all you need is notification when a new update is available. You only need to pay if you want to use the app itself to update apps more than ten times. Although I could easily do w

Austin Mirror

Can someone check out the Autin, TX, USA mirror? Received these results two days in a row: > % port -N -v selfupdate > ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync > rsync: failed to connect to aus.us.rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out > (60) > rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10)

Re: firefox

Note that Firefox was updated to 68.0.2 today. -Al- On Aug 15, 2019, at 23:42, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Jack L. wrote: >> My experience with firefox is it gets slower and slower and slower until >> it's practically unusable until it's restarted (even having only the gmail >>

Re: MacPorts' VLC cannot stream to my Chromecast

I can confirm. Tried to access the list archives several hours ago with no joy. -Al- On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 01:05 AM, Andrew Udvare wrote: > Site seems to be down? > > $ ping -4 trac.macports.org > PING braeburn.macports.org (136.243.1

Austin Mirror

Still isn't working after a week now. I tried to track down the responsible party so I could give them a call, but all roads lead elsewhere: > % whois aus.us.rsync.macports.org > % IANA WHOIS server > % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org > % This query returned 1 object > >

Re: unsubscribe

You need to unsubscribe yourself at the bottom of this page > -Al- On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 01:10 AM, Denis Buffenoir wrote: > > > >

Re: issues with program - need to uninstall

Reboot your computer. -Al- On Aug 21, 2019, at 09:03, Eden King via macports-users wrote: > I downloaded MacPorts so I could install an editing program. But since > installing I have not been able to install anything. Installer says “waiting > for other installations to complete” and nothing

Re: Something deleting /tmp/.X11-unix

I'm sure someone familiar with this can provide a better explanation, but it's true that tmp (temporary) files are routinely deleted, either during the installation process or macOS after a week or so. Normally items in that area are either only needed by the installation process or downloaded t

Re: Something deleting /tmp/.X11-unix

On Aug 28, 2019, at 17:38, macpo...@raf.org wrote: > Al Varnell via macports-users wrote: >> On Aug 28, 2019, at 14:46, Gregory Seidman wrote: >>> I recently switched to using a MacPorts-installed xorg-server instead of >>> downloading XQuartz separately; while I

Re: compiler warning

I feel certain that could be configured to be the default setting for this list. It is the only one of over a dozen that I subscribe to where it’s not. Could that be checked into? Sent from my iPad -Al- > On Oct 12, 2019, at 08:10, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > Remember to Reply All so the convers

Re: [MacPorts-announce] MacPorts 2.6.2 has been released

I got 2.6.1 just now. Guess I need to wait for all the mirrors to be fully updated and try again later. -Al- On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 03:31 PM, Joshua Root wrote: > The MacPorts Project is pleased to announce the release of version > 2.6.2. This is a bugfix release with small changes only. See th

Re: compiler warning

Maybe I’m missing something obvious here, but why isn’t the list configured IAW RFC 2369 instead? Sent from my iPad -Al- > On Oct 28, 2019, at 19:44, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >  > >> On Oct 12, 2019, at 21:50, Al Varnell wrote: >> >> I feel certain that could b

Re: postgresql83-server - Further Woes

I'm not sure what solution you are seeking here. DetectX will record each and every time a key file is added or removed to/from selected locations, which includes all LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, Applications and a few other places where malware is often installed. When you see such a notice, if

Re: postgresql83-server - Further Woes

Recommend you contact the Developer at >. Phil has been a colleague of mine for several years and very responsive. Operates out of Australia. You should be aware that if you are actually using the older DetectX rather thanDetectX Swift,

Re: XCode 11 on Mojave problem, again

Sent from my iPad On Nov 9, 2019, at 08:45, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>> Have you tried installing the CLT ? That should provide a 10.14 SDK that >>> the latest MacPorts release will use. >> >> I thought CLT was installed with XCode. > > It was prior to Xcode 4. These days it is a separate install

Re: Replacing system sudo with MacPorts sudo?

On Feb 11, 2021, at 17:32, wowfunha...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello all! > > The recently discovered vulnerability in sudo is making me nervous about my > old systems. This may be unreasonable, as these systems have plenty of other > vulnerabilities and I behave accordingly. However, sudo just seem

Re: provide latest OS root certificates via port?

I see that I already have the latest ISRG Root X1 certificate in the System Roots keychain, so not sure why I would need to add it to my System keychain. And when I went to https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrgrootx1.pem to download, it showed up as a

Re: provide latest OS root certificates via port?

Sent from my iPad On Nov 1, 2021, at 00:12, raf wrote: >> And when I went to https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrgrootx1.pem >> to download, it showed up as a .cer instead of a .pem. >> >> -Al- > > That file is in PEM format. > Is it just the filename suffix that is of concern, or the format? Yes

Re: macOS 12.3 and /usr/bin/python. Status?

On Apr 30, 2022, at 12:08 AM, Mike Alexander wrote: > > On 23 Apr 2022, at 8:06, Steven Smith wrote: > >> The only issue I’ve seen with the disappearance of macOS native Python is >> some minor thing my own preliminary calendar-contacts-server >> configuration—the “fix” in response to the upda

Re: Announcement: macports.el, an Emacs porcelain for MacPorts

Sent from my iPad On May 2, 2022, at 20:37, Michele Venturi wrote: > So what does VIM stands for? Vi IMproved. And Vi was short for Visual. -Al-