On 1/26/21 9:41 PM, Craig Treleaven wrote:
> I have used MacPorts to package a substantial application (MythTV). As an
> overview, MythTV and all its dependencies were installed to a custom prefix
> (/opt/dvr)*. A couple of helper apps (Applescripts, if you want the full
> truth) are the only things installed under /Applications/MacPorts/MythTV.
> The package installer recreates this layout on the destination machine. I
> don’t see why you couldn’t continue with your current layout, however.
>
> MacPorts provides support to create a standard package installer (port mpkg)
> or dmg (port mdmg). See man port-mpkg for the basics. If it helps, I wrote
> a wiki page with a few of the issues that I encountered:
>
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/CreateInstallers
Cool, thanks! I think this will be helpful.
> Ping me if you have questions.
>
> Craig
> * In a custom prefix, _everything_ has to be built from source. The initial
> build will take a _long_ time. A very long time.
Ohh, I'm used to that. As a packager I'm okay with eating that build time.
Cheers,
Andrew
