tcl or portfile keyword for alias

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Feb 9, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Feb 9, 2009, at 17:53, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Feb 9, 2009, at 14:21, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know a simple way to env alias a command like  
>>> mysql_config=/opt/local/bin/mysql_config5?
>>>
>>> I have a lib I'm porting "libzdb" that uses "mysql_config --libs  
>>> $LDFLAGS".
>>>
>>> I'm trying to find a way to make this build without patching.
>>
>> You could prepend ${prefix}/lib/mysql5/bin to the PATH. That's  
>> where the program "mysql_config" lives.
>>
>>
>> configure.env-append    PATH=${prefix}/lib/mysql5/bin:$env(PATH)
>
> The reason it then still doesn't work is because libzdb is calling  
> mysql_config incorrectly. As you note, it uses "mysql_config --libs  
> $LDFLAGS". It is not correct to put "$LDFLAGS" at the end of that  
> command invocation. The correct way to call it is just "mysql_config  
> --libs". It works for you on the command line because LDFLAGS is  
> empty by default, but MacPorts fills it with a value, so when run  
> within MacPorts, it fails. If you look in the config.log, you see  
> that mysql_config is printing its usage message, showing that the  
> way it is being used is not correct. Attached is a Portfile and  
> patch that work for me. You should send the patchfile to the author  
> of libzdb.
>
> In the Portfile, I also added a dependency on mysql5, and added  
> configure arguments to disable postgresql and sqlite. If you want to  
> enable postgresql or sqlite, remove the corresponding configure  
> argument and add the required dependency.

I had a more complex Portfile which I trimmed down before posting to  
make it simple to try.

I guess I'm old school that way.

The patch Portfile attached to your email removed the patch file. I  
like it but it didn't work.
If I add the patch and remove the $LDFLAGS in the patch "mysql_config  
--libs $LDFLAGS" to "mysql_config --libs" it works.

Thanks a ton.

You are a stud!

//Brad