dvdrip confusion

[macports at metaspasm.org]

On Sun, 27 Oct 2013, bunk3m wrote:

> Thank you for the tip.  I found many files but no binary.  As far as I
> could understand from the documentation at dvd::rip there is supposed to
> be a binary that runs with the command dvdrip.
> 
> I found this that looked about what I was hoping for:
> /opt/local/libexec/perl5.12/sitebin/dvdrip
> 
> But when I run it, I get:
> ERROR: 'dvdrip' not found in PATH
> ERROR: 'execflow' not found in PATH
> ERROR: 'dvdrip-master' not found in PATH
> ERROR: 'dvdrip-multitee' not found in PATH
> ERROR: 'dvdrip-progress' not found in PATH
> ERROR: 'dvdrip-splitpipe' not found in PATH
> ERROR: 'dvdrip-subpng' not found in PATH
> 
> I'll add a few more directories to the PATH command but shouldn't this
> be listed as a bug?  Shouldn't the install update these things?
>


There is a ticket filed for this, #40972.  IMO if the postinstall doesn't
softlink the executables into /opt/local/bin it should at least add that
directory to the PATH.  I can't think of a good reason to require the user to
do that manually.