Install suggestions for port ASSP

[Scott Haneda]

On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:42 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Feb 26, 2009, at 19:24, Scott Haneda wrote:
>
>> My ASSP portfile I have now, instead of using xinstall, I just copy  
>> the directory into place.   I need a little guidance no the best  
>> way to do this.
>>
>> ASSP will end up in /opt/local/var/ASSP
>>
>> If ASSP is not there, I just move the entire distro in.  On first  
>> run of ASSP, a few files and folders are made, the user is good to  
>> go.
>>
>> How do I deal with updates to ASSP?  The files that were made on  
>> first run, as well as config files that have been edited over time,  
>> can not be replaced.
>>
>> I believe if I do this as a entire directory, I am going to mess  
>> up, unless there is a merge or sync command I am not seeing.
>>
>> Would it then be correct to simply install each file one at a time,  
>> then they get registered, and the port upgrade can just touch those  
>> files, leaving any user created files in the same area alone?
>
> It does not matter how you put files into the destroot, whether it's  
> by file copy or xinstall or make install or whatever. As long as  
> files are in the destroot, MacPorts will see them and register them  
> to the port.

Ok, thanks.  I will have to think the best way to do this then.

> You should not install any files the user will modify, because they  
> will be deleted and overwritten by your port's new files if they  
> upgrade the port. Instead, install sample files which the user is to  
> copy and then modify.


I hope there is a provision for dealing with this. ASSP has a built in  
http server, done in perl, which allows a web based admin.  That  
admin, reads and writes files in the ASSP/files, ASSP/db and a few  
other places.  The user is not modifying them directly, they are more  
like "preferences" for ASSP.

There are no sample files to install, they are sparse config/ 
instruction files, that get filled over time, either by the user  
admin, or automatically by the application, or both.

How do I protect these files? I suspect this is analogous to how to  
you protect mysql databases, but those are not pre-installed in most  
cases.
--
Scott

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