[31500] trunk/base/src/port

[James Berry]

Hi Randall,

On Nov 26, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Randall Wood wrote:
> On 26 Nov 2007, at 09:54, James Berry wrote:
>> On Nov 26, 2007, at 1:40 AM, Randall Wood wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a good reason not to do this in the MacPorts API?
>>
>> I'm happy to have any thoughts on the approach. I tend to think  
>> this is in the "API" layer, since it's implemented as a target. So  
>> in other words, it's on parr with clean, lint, trace, activate, etc.
>
> If its a target implemented by calling "mportexec foo [un]load" then  
> I'm happy. I guess I'm not as familiar with the code as I thought I  
> was, but I don't see where or how something using the MacPorts API  
> (base/src/macports1.0) gets the port API.

Yes, see action_target in port.tcl from port(1). It calls mportopen,  
mportexec, mportclose.

>> But I'm clearly missing the intent behind your words. How do you  
>> think it should be implemented, and why?
>
> Looking at the MacPorts API, I just don't see where the port API  
> comes into play. I guess I'm just confused.

I don't blame you for being confused. I'm confused every time I look  
at that code. It's a ball of worms. The more I know about it the more  
I want to rewrite it ;) But time, alas, intervenes.

James


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>
>> James
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26 Nov 2007, at 00:47, jberry at macports.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> Revision 31500 Author jberry at macports.org Date 2007-11-25  
>>>> 21:47:26 -0800 (Sun, 25 Nov 2007) Log Message Initial support for  
>>>> port load and port unload actions. These actions call invoke  
>>>> launchctl to load or unload the startupitem.plist for the  
>>>> specified port(s). Modified Paths
>>>> trunk/base/src/port/port.tcl
>>>> trunk/base/src/port1.0/Makefile
>>>> trunk/base/src/port1.0/port.tcl
>>>> trunk/base/src/port1.0/portdestroot.tcl
>>>> trunk/base/src/port1.0/portstartupitem.tcl
>>>> Added Paths
>>>> trunk/base/src/port1.0/portload.tcl
>>>> trunk/base/src/port1.0/portunload.tcl
>>>>
>>
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