RFC: propose a major restructure to `freeciv` port

2021-05-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
scussion here and in ticket #62984. Thanks in advance,     —Jim DeLaHunt -- .   --Jim DeLaHunt, j...@jdlh.com http://blog.jdlh.com/ (http://jdlh.com/) multilingual websites consultant

How to see buildbot's results for a specific port?

2021-05-30 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
builders? Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt

Re: How to see buildbot's results for a specific port?

2021-05-30 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
the Guide, and there was no mention of this view. I think it would be helpful to have such a mention. I've created https://trac.macports.org/ticket/63001 to remind myself to propose a Guide contribution. -- .   --Jim DeLaHunt, j...@jdlh.com http://blog.jdlh.com/ (http://jdlh.com/) multilingual websites consultant

Newbie Portfile writer question: what does "subport" do?

2021-07-10 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
guide.macports.org/#reference [3] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62984 Thank you for helping me with my elementary education. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt

Re: Newbie Portfile writer question: what does "subport" do?

2021-07-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-07-10 01:07, Joshua Root wrote: On 2021-7-10 17:42 , Jim DeLaHunt wrote: Hi folks: I'm trying to write my first Portfile, and I have a terribly naive question: what does the "subport" directive in the Portfile do? Please see <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/3695

delete in post-destroot is ineffective, how to make it effective?

2021-07-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ostics from those delete directives. How can I remove the unwanted files from what the port installs? How can I make these delete directives effective? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt

Re: delete in post-destroot is ineffective, how to make it effective?

2021-07-12 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2021-07-12 11:29, Rainer Müller wrote: On 12/07/2021 11.49, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: I am breaking a single upstream codebase into subports. I want each subport to contribute some of the overall complement of files. But the "make install" of the codebase installs more files than I wa

FAQ and Wiki page about -Wimplicit-function-declaration warning, review welcomed

2022-01-23 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ime to time to do copy editing and to add new findings. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

How to suppress -Wimplicit-function-declaration warning, if really does not have the declaration?

2022-01-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
e /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks (framework directory) End of search list. conftest.c:99:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'at_quick_exit' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration] at_quick_exit(func); ^ 1 error generated. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

Re: How to suppress -Wimplicit-function-declaration warning, if really does not have the declaration?

2022-01-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Thank you for your reply, Joshua. On 2022-01-26 02:59, Joshua Root wrote: On 2022-1-26 18:43 , Jim DeLaHunt wrote: When I attempt to compile it with clang as provided by XCode 11.2.1 (11B5000) on macOS 10.14.6 Mojave, I get the -Wimplicit-function-declaration warning: … [snip] … But this

Adding to implicit function declaration whitelists [was: Re: How to suppress -Wimplicit-function-declaration warning, if really does not have the declaration?]

2022-01-28 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
rtfile> I wrote something which seemed plausible to me, in the belief that flawed documentation is better than no documentation. But I wrote largely without direct knowledge of how whitelist work, and how we should use them. Thus I would appreciate review of these sections of the Wiki page in particular. Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

Patch ./configure, or use autogen.sh instead?

2022-02-15 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
omake \        port:libtool \        port:m4 Comments? Advice?     --Jim DeLaHunt [1] Major rewrite of freeciv port, https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62984 [2] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/64551#comment:3 -- . --Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

Re: Patch ./configure, or use autogen.sh instead?

2022-02-16 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-02-15 01:08, Joshua Root wrote: On 2022-2-15 19:28 , Jim DeLaHunt wrote: I am working on a port[1], where I want to patch a couple of autoconf macros[2] and configure.ac The codebase supplies a script, ./autogen.sh . It runs autoconf, libtool, etc. etc. and regenerates the

Re: Patch ./configure, or use autogen.sh instead?

2022-02-17 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
in code as a result. [1] <https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv/blob/master/autogen.sh> Best regards, --Jim DeLaHunt

Re: Patch ./configure, or use autogen.sh instead?

2022-02-21 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
decided. I am not done with this port yet, but I am making progress, and I am learning a ton about MacPorts and autotools. Thank you, everyone, for your help with both. Best regards, --Jim DeLaHunt

Re: python2.7 pip install fails with SSLError

2022-03-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ds quickly, and I'm not sure if it applies to your situation. Have a look at <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/ProblemHotlist#letsencrypt> Is it helpful? Best regards, --Jim DeLaHunt

Re: "What's the proper way to ask macports if it's installed and where to look for libraries/include headers?"

2022-03-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
ts is installed. Thus append `/lib` and `/include` to that prefix to get the MacPorts lib and include paths. Is this reasonable, or is it a bad choice for reasons I don't yet know about? Best regards, --Jim DeLaHunt

Re: privoxy-pki-bundle not Behaving as Desired – Request for Assistance

2022-05-23 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
true. If #4 is true, it makes me wonder if maybe port curl-ca-bundle's values for certdata_updated (epoch time) and certdata_date should get updated each time the curl version gets updated. Does that help? --Jim DeLaHunt [1] <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commits/mas

Re: MacPorts Status

2022-06-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Hello, Jordan: Welcome (back to) MacPorts! I am nobody official with the project. I just try to make contributions to a few ports and documentation pages where I can. But in this project, lots of people contribute, each in their own way. On 2022-06-11 07:07, Jordan via macports-dev wrote: H

Re: MacPorts Status

2022-06-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Sat, Jun 11, 2022, 22:40 Jim DeLaHunt mailto:list%2bmacports-...@jdlh.com>> wrote: Hello, Jordan: Welcome (back to) MacPorts! I am nobody official with the project. I just try to make contributions to a few ports and documentation pages where I can. But in this pro

Re: mailing list "dev" vs "user"

2024-01-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
sion may become more appropriate for -dev. So, personally, I am not in favour of merging these two lists into one. Best regards, -- Jim DeLaHunt

Py ports maintainers: FYI "Enforcing consistent metadata for [Python] packages"

2024-04-05 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
onsistency rules? By design? If so, maybe those port maintainers might be able to contribute to the thread by sharing the MacPorts experience. For Your Information only. If there is no issue, apologies for taking up airtime with it. -- . --Jim DeLaHunt,j...@jdlh.com http://blog.jdlh.c

Re: seems to be a tonne of opportunity to smoke fink

2024-09-29 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
, see <https://github.com/macports/macports-guide/pulls>, but there are a lot of improvements over time, see <https://github.com/macports/macports-guide/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed>. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt (submitter of 4 of the merged pull requests)

Updated Portfile merged 17 hours ago, still not distributed?

2025-05-28 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
1. Did I choose correctly?) I benefit from all the work you all put into improving Portfiles, so I am honoured to join your ranks. And maybe I'm a wee bit eager to benefit from my own work :-). Best regards,     —Jim DeLaHunt -- .--Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada

Re: submitting a new port, sort of

2025-06-18 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
regards,     —Jim "VE7YJD" DeLaHunt [1] hamclock: make a port for Hamclock project <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/72625> [2] thread "submitting a new port, sort of" <https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2025-June/046320.html> [3] <https://w

Re: Updated Portfile merged 17 hours ago, still not distributed?

2025-05-28 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2025-05-28 00:17, Joshua Root wrote: On 28/5/2025 17:04, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: What delay should I expect between when an updated Portfile is merged into the `master` branch of github.com/macports/macports-ports/, and when I receive it via `sudo port selfupdate`? Maybe a couple of hours