Opened 21 years ago

Last modified 8 years ago

#377 closed defect

update for README — at Initial Version

Reported by: fkr@… Owned by: kvv@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: base Version: 1.0
Keywords: Cc: landonf@…
Port:

Description

this patch mentions the install options needed on FreeBSD, plus renames Darwin Ports, darwinports etc. to the preferred DarwinPorts.

the patch is also available via: http://www.opendarwin.org/~fkr/patch-README

Index: README =================================================================== RCS file: /Volumes/src/cvs/od/proj/darwinports/README,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -r1.25 README --- README23 Dec 2002 19:35:17 -00001.25 +++ README7 Mar 2003 14:09:59 -0000 @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@

WHAT IS THE DARWIN PORTS SYSTEM

  • Darwin Ports is a software build, install, and packaging infrastructure

+ DarwinPorts is a software build, install, and packaging infrastructure

designed to meet the same functionality requirements as the FreeBSD ports architecture while maintaining extensibility for future enhancement.

  • Darwin Ports currently builds and runs on MacOS X 10.2 (Darwin 6.0).

The + DarwinPorts currently builds and runs on MacOS X 10.2 (Darwin 6.0). The

system is portable, written in TCL with a limited set of TCL extensions in

C.

For in-depth documentation on the internals of the ports system

architecture, refer to base/docs/INTERNALS.

  • Please note that darwinports is split into two parts. The "darwin

ports + Please note that DarwinPorts is split into two parts. The "darwin ports

infrastructure", which lives in the base/ subdirectory and is the only mandatory component of the system, and the "dports" directory which

contains

the actual ported software descriptions. The latter is optional and can be

@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@

Installation Steps:

  1. make

Run 'make' to compile all necessary software.

+In order to install DarwinPorts on FreeBSD the default group-ownership +must be passed: 'make DSTGRP=wheel' +

  1. sudo make install

-Run 'sudo make install' to install darwinports on your system. +Run 'sudo make install' to install DarwinPorts on your system. +Again, installing on FreeBSD require the group-ownership to be +passed: 'sudo make install DSTGRP=wheel' +

  1. [optional] edit /etc/ports/ports.conf The /etc/ports/ports.conf configuration file defines several

@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@

All necessary code and TCL will be compiled and installed as follows:

[Mac OS X] /System/Library/Tcl/8.3/darwinports1.0 [FreeBSD] /usr/local/lib/tcl8.3/darwinports1.0

  • - TCL library for interfacing with the Darwin Ports System

+ - TCL library for interfacing with the DarwinPorts System

PREFIX is set to /opt/local but can be overridden on the make command line and affects the installation of the following components:

@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@

USING THE PORT COMMAND

If you haven't already, add /opt/local/bin to your path (or $PREFIX/bin

-if you've elected to install darwinports somewhere else). If you're +if you've elected to install DarwinPorts somewhere else). If you're

unsure how, add the following line to your ~/.cshrc file.

set path=($path /opt/local/bin)

@@ -102,8 +108,8 @@

to be kept to a minimum.

A Portfile consists of valid TCL, evaluated by a TCL interpreter

-instantiated by the Darwin Ports System. Portfiles use extremely straight- +instantiated by the DarwinPorts System. Portfiles use extremely straight-

forward key/value pair syntax, while allowing the author to use the full extent of TCL's functionality where necessary.

  • To get started, refer to doc/exampleport and the portfile(7) man page.

+ To get started, refer to base/doc/exampleport and the portfile(7) man page.

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