https://github.com/xuchunyang/port-create

Generate MacPorts Portfile template
https://github.com/xuchunyang/port-create

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Generate MacPorts Portfile template

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/xuchunyang/port-create
• Owner: xuchunyang
• Created: 2015-03-19T13:49:32.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-03-28T11:52:27.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T01:46:04.394Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 285 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.org

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#+Title: port-create(1)

#+OPTIONS: toc:nil num:t ^:nil

Generate MacPorts Portfile template

* Synopsis

#+BEGIN_SRC sh

./port-create.tcl -url URL [-name ] [-version ]

#+END_SRC

Currently, only a tarball URL is accepted.

* Todo

- [X] Add [-name ] and [-version ] options

- [ ] Generate tarball checksum, add [-no-fetch] option

- [ ] Support Github-flavoured tarbarll URL, for example, https://github.com/magit/magit/archive/1.2.2.tar.gz

- [ ] Support plain Github homepage URL, for example, https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher

* Ideas

The following ideas are under consideration. I need to to confirm both the

necessity and possibility.

** Intergrate with cpan2port and pypi2port

Generalize their command line interface and call them from port-create. Add

=--cpan= and =--pypi= options.

** Write more tools to generate Portfile for other package managers

#+Caption: Programming Language (or tools) and their package manager

| Programming Language | Package Manager |

|----------------------+-----------------|

| javascript           | npm             |

| lua                  | luarocks        |

| ocaml                | OPAM            |

| haskell              | cabal           |

| Rust                 | Cargo           |

| Ruby                 | Gem             |

** Convert Homebrew formula to Portfile template

A Homebrew formula is ruby script. I don't know ruby, so for now, the only way

for me is using Regexp.

Pacman PKGBUILD used by Arch Linux is also a possible source, PKGBUILD is written

in Makefile, it looks simple and well-documented. Other formats such as .deb and

.rpm is relatively complicated.

** Detect license, build toolchain according to some spcific files

| Input                         | Portfile variable         |

|-------------------------------+---------------------------|

| $USER $EMAIL                  | maintainers               |

|-------------------------------+---------------------------|

| LICENSE file                  | license                   |

|-------------------------------+---------------------------|

| +configure.ac / +configure.in | use_autoconf              |

| -configure                    |                           |

|-------------------------------+---------------------------|

| Makefile.am -Makefile.in      | use_automake?             |

|-------------------------------+---------------------------|

| CMakeLists.txt                | PortGroup                 |

|-------------------------------+---------------------------|

| Makefile                      | use_configure             |

** Check if port is already exist before create a new one

Don't allow creating existing port, unless =--force= is specified.

** Add shorthands for searching port on other Package Managers' site

for example, invoke =port-create --homebrew emacs= to search "emacs" in

Homebrew's formulas in web broswer.