New Port Request: Primesieve from https://github.com/kimwalisch/primesieve

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Dave;

  That's the binary, not the library :-)

Thanks,
Ken

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via
macports-users <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
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> Ken, it looks like MacPorts already has a primesieve port, created by The Other Ken several months ago.  port install primesieve.  Does that work for you?  Does it install as expected into /opt/local?
>
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> On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 4:54 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi All;
>>
>>   I can build the Primesieve library by hand, but by default the
>> library is installed in /usr/local.
>>
>>   The MacPorts Manual/FAQ strongly discourages placing include files
>> and libraries in /usr/local.
>>
>>   I really would like to use Primesieve (Library) from MacPorts if
>> somebody would be so kind as to create that port.
>>
>>   My knowledge of cmake is insufficient to try to modify the
>> Primesieve source myself; and even if I did, where would I write the
>> include and and library files? It would be best to place them in
>> /opt/local, but then that really should be done by a Macports
>> installation.
>>
>>   It would also be very nice if the Perl and Raku (others as well
>> would be icing on the cake!) bindings of the Primesieve Library were
>> also created as MacPorts ports.
>>
>>   Meanwhile I am trying to learn how to create an Ada binding for the
>> Primesieve Library.
>>
>> https://github.com/kimwalisch/primesieve
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wolcott
>>
>> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM Ken Cunningham
>> <ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Ken,
>> >
>> > I’ve updated the port here, just waiting for the CI system to validate on arm, etc before pushing:
>> >
>> > https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/24159
>> >
>> > I don’t know how to use or test those bindings you are asking for, and I didn’t see anything in the cmake file about it. I didn’t look too hard, admittedly.
>> >
>> > If you help me by showing me what you are trying to do and how it fails, I / we can probably get it going for you. If I can’t, I’m sure someone can.
>> >
>> > Ken