Problems installing Oregano.

[mike clemow]

Alright - That's a lot to absorb.  I'm going to have questions.  ;-)
I really want this app to work, though, so I'll get back to you folks.

Cheers,
Mike

On 10/2/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 2, 2007, at 02:12, mike clemow wrote:
>
> > On 10/1/07, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> >
> >> On Oct 1, 2007, at 19:35, mike clemow wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm new to macports from Debian.  I'm trying to install oregano, and
> >>> all the dependencies have downloaded and installed, but when
> >>> port gets the oregano source, this happens:
>
> [snip fetch failure]
>
> >>> What exactly does this mean?  Does this mean that the file just
> >>> isn't there?  Or should I be asking this on another list?
> >>
> >> This is the right list. I see the oregano port still tries to fetch
> >> from opendarwin. opendarwin died quite awhile ago. Also it looks like
> >> the port hasn't been substantially updated since being initially
> >> added on 2004-11-16. The port is for oregano 0.3.2 but the current
> >> version is 0.69.0. It looks like maybe the reason the distfile was
> >> stored on opendarwin is that the project does not release source
> >> tarballs; currently they tell you to pull the source via darcs.
> >> Someone who knows about this software should fetch the 0.69.0 source,
> >> put the tarball up in the macports repository, and update the port to
> >> 0.69.0. Probably best to just totally rewrite the portfile.
> >
> > I noticed that it was an old version too.  I've already downloaded the
> > oregano-0.69.0 source, but I'm not sure how to compile it against what
> > macports has installed.  I would actually be glad to update the
> > package, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that (e.g. rewriting
> > the portfile, etc.). What section of the wiki should I read?
> >
> > I'd be fine just getting it to run on my machine, but it's a shame
> > it's not available to everyone.
>
> We would certainly appreciate it if you would update the port. The
> wiki is not useful for learning that, but the new guide, which is in
> the process of being written, should be. While it is being developed,
> it is available at this temporary URL:
>
> http://geeklair.net/new_macports_guide/
>
>
>
>


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