DarwinPorts and my rear end

[Greg the dogsitter]

Anyone have opinions on the best way to install unix-y stuff? I've grown to like DarwinPorts over the past week, but also understand that it puts stuff in the /opt/ directory.

Does that cause problems for other software? For instance, what if PHP is maybe expecting a database to be in /usr, but DarwinPorts has put everything in /opt/?

And what if PHP5 is already installed, but DarwinPorts installs PHP4 as a necessary component of some other program?

Whatcha think?

GtDS

Edit: That should get more views.

[NewtonMP2100]

is this related to the Uranus thread?

[Refurbvirgin]

So now how will you know how many thread views are by Unix fans and how many by pedophiles?


















Just for the record I only opened this thread because I've found Greg's words entertaining in the past, should any FBI child-porn investigators be monitoring this forum. Nor do I have any intent of posting nude pics of myself. Please don't kick down my door at three a.m.

[cbelt3]

Your baby ? If so, congrats. If not,

[Greg the dogsitter]

cbelt3 Wrote:
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> Your baby?

Read the subject line. :-)

[Seacrest]

Just add /opt/whatever to your path?

I think you would have to recompile something like PHP4 in order to point it to /opt/blah/blah for certain binaries or maybe the Darwinports team has thought of that and created the proper symlinks for itself.

I have never used dp. I did use fink once back on 10.1, but never liked the fact that it created that non-standard path.

Most *nix software I need compiles fine under 10.3, and goes where it's expected to, usually /usr/local.

[Gutenberg]

I'm thinking I really don't want to know about your rear end.

Thank you.

[rgG]

Is that really your rear end or just a generic rear end that you are trying to pass off as your rear end?

[Greg the dogsitter]

rgG Wrote:
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> Is that really your rear end or just a generic
> rear end that you are trying to pass off as your
> rear end?

It is my genuine butt.

> BunBun says, "I was realy hoping for some Gefilte
> fish."

Ooh - does BunBun like the Gefilte Yuck that the fish is packed in?

Seacrest: I owe you some real responses, here and elsewhere; will get to them ASAP.

[Greg the dogsitter]

Seacrest Wrote:
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> Just add /opt/whatever to your path?

Um...where? No, don't answer that. See my next paragraph.

> I think you would have to recompile something like
> PHP4 in order to point it to /opt/blah/blah for
> certain binaries or maybe the Darwinports team has
> thought of that and created the proper symlinks
> for itself.

Thus far, I'm a GUI (Excel, Access, FileMaker, etc.) sort of guy. While I have the developer tools installed, and have opened Xcode and thought "Hey, some menus!", that's about as far as I got. So I fully understand the idea of compiling with different different options for different targets, I haven't a clue as how to pull that off.

Not that I'm asking for a walkthrough!

But that is why I'm going to stick with DarwinPorts for now; I need the handholding.