Fwd: PortFile for the uzbl browser

Charles Darwin macports.users at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 07:34:43 PDT 2009


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From: Charles Darwin <darwinskernel at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Subject: Fwd: PortFile for the uzbl browser
To: macports.users at gmail.com




Begin forwarded message:

> From: Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>
> Date: September 8, 2009 3:51:11 PM EDT
> To: Charles Darwin <darwinskernel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: PortFile for the uzbl browser
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Charles Darwin<darwinskernel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Charles Darwin<darwinskernel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Could you please elaborate on this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.uzbl.org/wiki/macports_portfile
>>>
>>> What would you like me to elaborate on? Can you ask some specific
>>> questions? It is a PortFile for MacPorts. More documentation can be
>>> found here: http://guide.macports.org/
>>
>> Hello,
>> There is no uzbl port on macports, is this a proposal/hack to get uzbl
>> installed using macports? have you been able to compile it in OS X? I did
>> notice some screenshots of uzbl running on mac but I couldn't get it to
>> compile from source code. I also have filed these two related tickets:
>>
>> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21146
>> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21151
>
> A portfile does not need to be in the MacPorts repository to use it.
> You can install via a PortFile. I do not remember the commands
> exactly, so you'd have to rummage through the man page. I believe it
> was something like : post install -f PortFile
>
> As for remaining the maintainer - I do not have the time to do it. I
> simply attempted to get uzbl building under OSX and provided the file
> for others to use.
>
> When I did this, the code compiled. If it does not now, I'd recommend
> contacting the uzbl devs and informing them of errors.
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron


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