RFE: Commands for installing .app bundles

[raimue@…]

Commands for installing .app bundles would be helpful. See for example how the tuxmath port does it at the moment.

post-destroot {
    xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}/Applications/MacPorts/TuxMath.app/Contents/MacOS
    ln -s ${prefix}/bin/tuxmath ${destroot}/Applications/MacPorts/TuxMath.app/Contents/MacOS/TuxMath
}

This could be done like this:

app.install    yes
app.name       TuxMath
app.binary     ${prefix}/bin/tuxmath

Additional directives would be needed for inclusion of Resources etc. Also, a Info.plist with version information should be generated.

[raimue@…]

I was checking if we could utilize Platypus for this. But it has much more features than we need for this and it does not seem to get updates anymore.

I will look into writing a port group to support this.

[raimue@…]

Preliminary port group

[ryandesign@…]

Oh, I didn't realize we already had a ticket for this when I filed duplicate #30759. And I've spent awhile now making my portgroup, without realizing there was already one here.

It looks like we have similar ideas, but #30759 contains a much more detailed game plan with additional features not contemplated here. I'll work on completing my portgroup and committing it soon.

[ryandesign@…]

Added my portgroup in r82534. Functionality and documentation are pretty good. There are a few to-do's left.

[ryandesign@…]

Enhanced how default app.identifier is generated in r82535 and r82536.

[ryandesign@…]

Now automatically adding makeicns build dependency in r82546.

[ryandesign@…]

Add Tiger compatibility in r82550. I'm happy with the portgroup now; no other major plans for it at the moment.