[MacPorts] #50822: [New Port Request] Percona Server for MongoDB

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#50822: [New Port Request] Percona Server for MongoDB
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  Reporter:  mark@…   |      Owner:  ryandesign@…
      Type:  request  |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 mark@…]:
 > That sounds great! Would renaming the existing port be reasonably
 seamless for users?

 Yes, port replacement or renaming can be made seamless.


 > I guess adding this package would also require a mongodb-select port
 similar to other multi-version packages like PHP, MySQL, etc. It
 [https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server-for-
 mongodb/upgrading_guide_mongodb_psmdb.html would appear] that a binary
 swap (via aliases) would work here too.

 Adding a select port would be more involved. The select ports for php,
 mysql, etc. rely on the fact that none of the php or mysql ports
 themselves provide the executables of the generic names. No php port
 provides /opt/local/bin/php. No mysql port provides /opt/local/bin/mysqld.
 That leaves it up to the select port to provide them, as symlinks to
 wherever the php and mysql ports put the real files. The current mongodb
 port, on the other hand, does provide /opt/local/bin/mongod; the only way
 to make a select port that could provide /opt/local/bin/mongod would be if
 the mongodb port were changed to install that file, and all other files we
 would want to select, in different locations. And then all ports that use
 mongodb would have to be adjusted to look for those files in those new
 locations. I haven't yet looked at the percona fork of mongodb to see
 whether they use the same filenames or different ones, so I don't yet know
 to what extent, if any, changes will be needed in the mongodb port.

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