Metaport

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Mon Oct 19 12:35:07 PDT 2009


On 2009-10-20 06:20, vincent habchi wrote:
> Ah, that's something I was not aware of. It might be a solution. Yet, I
> admit I have some difficulty to understand the current structure of
> muniversal. What is the benefit of running a small loop for each step
> rather than one big loop over all steps?

If it isn't already apparent, a portgroup is the wrong place to do what
muniversal attempts. All the oddities in its implementation, and all the
ways the rules for what you can and can't do in the portfile change,
stem from this.

- Josh


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