On 4/24/18 8:15 AM, Joshua Root wrote: > On 2018-4-25 01:08 , Edward Maros wrote: >> I am working on splitting swig extensions out of a source package to >> better facilitate building of language extension packages. Previously >> this was all done in one Portfile with each language being a subport of >> the main package. >> >> Is it possible to have a Portfile which does not supply a main port, but >> instead only subports? >> >> Should I think differently about how to solve this issue? > Why do you think you need this? Can you explain what you are trying to > do in a bit more detail? > > A "main port" is also a subport. The only difference is that it exists > implicitly. Sometimes the main port is a stub that just installs a > readme file or such, but that's certainly not required. > > - Josh I am splitting the swig portion from ldas-tools-framecpp so the main code will still be distributed as ldas-tools-framecpp, but a new source distribution of ldas-tools-framecpp-swig will also be distributed. From this second distribution, I want to create subport py27-ldas-tools-framecpp and py34-ldas-tools-framecpp.
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