On Aug 5, 2007, at 22:35, Jeff Stubbs wrote:
On Aug 5, 2007, at 12:19 PM, js wrote:
I'm wondering if there's any guideline or suggestion that
MacPorts port creaters should follow.
apache2 installs its conf files in /opt/local/apache2/conf
but apache's in /opt/local/etc/apache/conf.
Is this a bug? or just lack of good guidelines?
May I pose a follow up question to this one?
The apache2 install in /opt/local/apache2 looks like a tweak to the
default build to install it inside the /opt directory. But the
postgresql build is scattered just like the OP's example of the
apache install. (i.e., bulk is in /opt/local/lib, db cluster in /
opt/local/var/db/postgresql/defaultdb, ...etc) Is there is a
historical reason for this?
Just to get a handle on working with portfiles, I created a local
repository and modified the original portfile to install the
database into an /opt/local/pgsql82 direcotry. Ran into a couple of
minor problems but was able to work it out. The server works fine.
I realize that any attempt to use this modified port wouldn't be
worth it, but was a good learning experience.
Having a background coming from Mac OS 6, 7, 8 and 9, and not a UNIX
variant, I don't really know where things "should" go, and don't
really care much either. "port contents foo" will always tell you
what the port foo installed, so it's not so hard to find where things
are, whatever the layout. IMHO.
Also, the mysql5 port specifically (and significantly) modifies its
install so that it goes all over the place, to try to coerce it into
the apparently standard layout, but this has been criticized as
making it hard to see where things go, and has also caused some
difficulties for software that needs to link against mysql5 (e.g. see
the mysql5 variant in the php5 port) and has been contrasted with the
official MySQL binaries which install entirely into /usr/local/mysql-$
{version}. Seems like people will complain (maybe not complain, but
ask about it) either way.
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