local portfile repository

[M. Daniel Becque]

Ok. will do.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Jeremy Lavergne <jeremy at lavergne.gotdns.org
> wrote:

> > I followed the guide [i think] but I did it from Finder. In my home
> directory I created ports/net/proftpd_sftp. I gave it a different name so
> that there would be no problem with the macports version. I then copied the
> portfile for proftpd to my local repository and edited it with Textwrangler
> to start the update process. Once i had the portfile in place I went to
> Terminal, changed my directory to my local repository, ran portindex, and
> got the "adding ports message" [I notice that there are 2 index files now
> in my local ports directory].
>
> Everything sounds good until here:
>
> > I added my local repository to my path, opened a new Terminal session,
> and typed "port info proftpd_sftp" at the cmd line. Port responded "not
> found". I'm staring at it but can't figure out what I've done wrong.
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> You need to add your repository to ${prefix}/etc/macports/sources.conf
>
>
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