compiling and linking against matlab

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Aug 6, 2012, at 09:12, Andrea D'Amore <and.damore at macports.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Leo Singer <aronnax at macports.org> wrote:
>> I am a co-maintainer of a port (nds2-client) that has an optional MATLAB interface. The MATLAB interface takes the form of so-called MEX files, which are shared modules that are compiled and linked against MATLAB. I am consdering adding a variant to enable the MATLAB interface feature for this port. Would an optional variant that requires the user to have a commercial application be in any way against the policies of MacPorts?
> 
> I think this subject deserves an answer but I'm no way able to provide
> it. Furthermore I'm curious about it.
> 
> PortMgr, any comment?

I think we already have precedent for that in MacPorts. For example, the oracle-instantclient port isn't useful without an Oracle server, which is commercial software.