how to make better use of native tools

paul beard paulbeard at gmail.com
Sat Sep 15 17:06:11 PDT 2007


On 9/15/07, Daniel Oberhoff <daniel at danieloberhoff.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I like using macports to get some stuff with lots of dependencies
> installed. I wonder though why it is neccessary for example to
> rebuild native tools such as python and perl. Because it tends to
> cause quite a bit of confusion to have several of those around
> including severel "site" folders created etc.. Now wouldn't it be
> possible to have proxy packages such as fink has? I.e. python24-
> native? It could then be an option. Dunno if macports can handle
> options like that, but it woul shure be nice.
>

Interesting idea so long as the versions stay in sync.

But the real hit is in the initial compilation of those packages/ports. Disk
space is not a big deal anymore, is it? port installed | wc -l
323
du -sh /opt/local
3.4G    /opt/local

Any porters have any input on this? What breakage might result, if any?

-- 
Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
<paulbeard at gmail.com/paulbeard at mac.com>
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