MacPorts 2.1.0 has been released

[Craig Treleaven]

At 4:17 AM +1000 5/16/12, Joshua Root wrote:
>On 2012-5-16 03:55 , Craig Treleaven wrote:
>>  Thanks to the devs for all their work.
>>
>>  In the NEWS, I noticed a couple of points:
>>
>>>  == Overview of changes from MacPorts 2.0.4 to 2.1.0 ==
>>>  <snip>
>>>  *) The pkg and mpkg targets will create flat packages on 10.6+.
>>>
>>>  <snip>
>>>  *) Multiple ports can now be defined in one Portfile using the 'subport'
>>>     procedure.
>>>
>>>  *) New option 'add_users' can be set to ensure that the listed users are
>>>     created at the right times during the install process.
>>>
>>
>>  Being a neophyte Portfile author, is there more documentation of the
>>  above features?  ( mpkg, subports, add_users.)  I looked up the
>>  revisions to pkg/mpkg, for example, but I don't read TCL well enough to
>>  really understand.  Even a pointer to a message thread would help.
>
>There are entries in the port(1) man page and the Guide about mpkg.
>General info about Installer packages is available on the web, e.g.:
>
><https://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution4/Managed_Installs/Managed_Installs.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004615-CH6-SW9>
><http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Ivanhoe/FLAT.html>
>
>The add_users option is documented in the portfile(7) man page.
>
>Have a look here:
>
><http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2011-July/015408.html>

Thanks, will do.

Craig