Need help with Portfile with only subports ...

[Joshua Root]

On 2018-4-25 01:21 , Edward Maros wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/24/18 8:15 AM, Joshua Root wrote:
>> On 2018-4-25 01:08 , Edward Maros wrote:
>>> I am working on splitting swig extensions out of a source package to
>>> better facilitate building of language extension packages. Previously
>>> this was all done in one Portfile with each language being a subport of
>>> the main package.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to have a Portfile which does not supply a main port, but
>>> instead only subports?
>>>
>>> Should I think differently about how to solve this issue?
>> Why do you think you need this? Can you explain what you are trying to
>> do in a bit more detail?
>>
>> A "main port" is also a subport. The only difference is that it exists
>> implicitly. Sometimes the main port is a stub that just installs a
>> readme file or such, but that's certainly not required.
>>
>> - Josh
> I am splitting the swig portion from ldas-tools-framecpp so the main
> code will still be distributed as ldas-tools-framecpp, but a new source
> distribution of ldas-tools-framecpp-swig will also be distributed. From
> this second distribution, I want to create subport
> py27-ldas-tools-framecpp and py34-ldas-tools-framecpp.

OK, so python module ports use the stub port approach. Create a port
py-ldas-tools-framecpp that has those subports. If it uses setup.py to
build, then the python portgroup will handle most of the details for you.

- Josh