mame @0.206 Variant proposal to install mame tools and man pages

[rhuelga (Roberto Huelga)]

I have modified the portfile to create a variant +tools that compile and install some of the mame tools and their man pages:

• castool
• chdman
• floptool
• imgtool
• jedutil
• ldresample
• ldverify
• romcmp

It's interesting to note that other commands get compiled, maybe some of them worth to be installed too.

• aueffectutil
• nltool
• nlwav
• pngcmp
• regrep
• split
• src2html
• srcclean
• unidasm

--- Portfile.orig       2019-12-02 19:32:36.000000000 +0100
+++ Portfile    2020-08-11 11:19:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -82,8 +82,33 @@
     set executable  mame
 }

+variant tools description {compile and install the mame tools like chdman and others} {
+    build.args-append  TOOLS=1
+}
+
 destroot {
     xinstall ${worksrcpath}/${executable} ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
+    xinstall ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/mame.6 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man6
+
+    if {[variant_isset tools]} {
+        xinstall ${worksrcpath}/castool \
+            ${worksrcpath}/chdman \
+            ${worksrcpath}/floptool \
+            ${worksrcpath}/imgtool \
+            ${worksrcpath}/jedutil \
+            ${worksrcpath}/ldresample \
+            ${worksrcpath}/ldverify \
+            ${worksrcpath}/romcmp ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
+
+        xinstall ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/castool.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/chdman.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/floptool.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/imgtool.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/jedutil.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/ldresample.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/ldverify.1 \
+            ${worksrcpath}/docs/man/romcmp.1 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
+    }
 }

 # Universal variant is untested

[rhuelga (Roberto Huelga)]

Portfile mame with +tools variant

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Thanks. ​Per the guidelines, please instead attach a unified diff of the Portfile. Or better yet, submit a GitHub pull request.

I see no reason to make this a variant. Just always do that.

[rhuelga (Roberto Huelga)]

Patch mame portfile

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

As part of upgrading the Mame port to 0.226, we'll include this functionality as well.

Tracked by: issue:61482

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

These changes have been included in the pull request for Mame 0.226:

​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/9314

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Can someone assign this ticket to me? (I don't have permission to modify other folks' tickets.)

Thanks, -Chris

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Thanks Frank!

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

This work has been fully incorporated into the Mame 0.226 port update, and will be available shortly.

Note that the 'tools' variant is enabled by default.

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Roberto, once you've upgraded to Mame 0.226 (and tested the tools), let me know if all is well. Feedback welcome!

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

There are just two caveats to keep in mind:

• The Mame tools aren't yet soft-linked into ${prefix}/bin. As such, you'll need to run them directly via ${prefix}/libexec/mame/<tool-name>. (Or you can simply add ${prefix}/libexec/mame to your path for now.)
• Man pages for the tools aren't yet installed.

Both items are being tracked by issue:61739, and will be taken care of with the next release. (Expected before the end of December.)

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

The two caveats mentioned previously -- the lack of soft links in ${prefix}/bin, and missing man pages -- will both be resolved with the following:

​​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/9446

[mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)]

Pull request approved and merged. This ticket can be closed.

[kencu (Ken)]

thanks for your time, as always!