Checksum failure with ncbi-tools, then missing getfeat.

Matt Scilipoti mattscilipoti at possiamo.com
Wed Jan 23 18:29:19 PST 2008


On 1/23/08, Michael Thon <mike.thon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Matt Scilipoti wrote:
> It would be nice if we listed which apps are tested.  I expect this
> would go in http://ncbi_tools.darwinports.com/ and possibly
> the
> portfile?  It looks like we don't have access to any of the readme
> files.I have considered making a general info web page about some of the
> science ports in MacPorts, but I haven't had time to do so.  There are man
> pages for the applications in this package, but, like most command line
> apps, unless you know the name of the executable, you don't know which man
> page to read.  There is some additional documentation in text files that
> currently are not installed.  I'll try to fix that with the next update of
> the port.
>
> some of the applications in this package require a few env variables to be
> set, and as far as I know, the macports system cannot do that.  I don't know
> what's the best way to deal with that - perhaps an informational message
> thats printed at the end of the install?
>
That sounds like a great idea - especially if it is just pulled from a
readme file so we can find it later.


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