foo_select(8)

[Weissmann Markus]

Hello all,

I've just submitted a new port 'gcc_select', that'll basically do the  
same as Apple's gcc_select(8) but for the C compilers MacPorts has in  
stock.
There is a small manpage and 'gcc_select -h' also answers some  
questions.

The real deal behind this tool is, that it can be used for any kind  
of software. I'm thinking about the different Python (Tcl, ..)  
interpreters, compilers (swi-prolog) etc. we have.
So e. g. 'python_select' will allow a user to choose which version of  
Python will start when calling 'python' and which manpage will be  
opened for 'man python'.
To create another foo_select, simply have a look at the gcc_select  
Portfile - it's very straight forward.

There are currently some unsolved problems (thats why the version  
number is 0.1 ...) among them is, that there are no checks if the  
user rights are sufficient (tool will then fail with some probably  
strange error). You can find the source code (for now) in my personal  
MacOSForge repository [1] - if we reach a more stable state, we  
should probably move it into the official MacPorts repo.


Regards,

-Markus

[1] http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/users/mww/select/

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Markus W. Weissmann
http://www.mweissmann.de/