macports fetch suggestion

[Anders F Björklund]

Joshua Root wrote:

>> And as far as I know, there's only one port using .pkg and that's MacPorts itself ?
> 
> I know there are users who use the (m)pkg/dmg commands. Whether that's
> the best solution in any of their specific cases is another question,
> but nonetheless there is some demand.

I know of users that copy random stuff over to their .app bundles too,
but I'm not sure it's the best way. If it keeps them happy, why not...

As long as you have Leopard or later, you don't need dmg/mdmg though ?
You can build xar packages, with the port pkg package.flat=true option.

My main issues with .pkg are:
- It's proprietary (the .bom)
- Bad compression (only gzip)
- Lacks uninstall and upgrade

But it seems popular, anyway ?

--anders