[macports-ports] branch master updated: fluid-soundfont, generaluser-soundfont: new ports

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Fri Dec 23 15:35:23 CET 2016


> On Dec 23, 2016, at 05:31, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Friday December 23 2016 05:06:14 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> 
>> You don't need foreach loops to install multiple files; you can replace each foreach loop with a single xinstall:
> ...
>> xinstall -m 644 {*}[glob -nocomplain "${worksrcpath}/demo MIDIs/*"] ${dir}
> 
> Good to know for future reference, esp. the globbed form.
> Is there a trick to to let xinstall handle the installation of whole directories, like app bundles?

xinstall is for individual files only. To copy a directory, use the "copy" command.


>> Make sure you report that to the server administrator so they can fix it.
> 
> Done, and maybe it will be addressed, but this is not necessarily an error.

I'm sure the server administrator did it intentionally, but I consider it an error for the server administrator to have done so.

> The libcurl is allowed for downloading downloadable files but I think it is perfectly acceptable that administrators restrict any other form of access. Besides, Mojca, wasn't it the unusual agent ("libcurl MacPorts") string that triggered the block?
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