New port for wxpython-devel

[ajb78@…]

I created a new port for the installation of wxpython devel. It is written for python2.7, but should work for any other pythons.

It works for me and I am able to now use wxpython in 64-bit cocoa mode on both Snow Leopard and Lion on my i5 macbook pro.

[ajb78@…]

This is a part for the newest wxpython - version 2.9.2.1 - as of this writing.

As an aside I managed to get the latest Mayavi - version 4.0.0 - working with this version of wxpthon. I will submit ports for these as wel soon (some minor patches are required).

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Please look into using the new unified python portgroup and subgroups to add more python versions of this port.

[ajb78@…]

Can you tell me about the unified python portgroup - or instructions on how to use it/install it? I can't seem to find instructions on how to write port files with this new framework.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

There is only a post on the macport-developers mailing list so far. But you can take a look at py26-numeric for example. It's part of the py-numeric portfile and uses this new technique.

[michelle.lynn.gill@…]

I have created a unified python portfile for py-wxpython-devel based on the portfile posted by ajb78 above. I've verified that it installs fine with python 2.7 and 2.6. I have not tested it with other ports.

[gorticus (Jason Mitchell)]

Hi Michelle: I'm trying your unified portfile, but I simply cannot get macports (2.0.3) to fetch the source file. From the fetch part of main.log, I see:

  :debug:fetch Executing org.macports.fetch (py-wxpython-devel)
  :debug:fetch Privilege de-escalation not attempted as not running as root.
  :debug:checksum checksum phase started at Wed Sep 14 23:34:29 EDT 2011

and the build continues (checksum, extract) happily until the patching fails because there is nothing download to patch. I clearly am missing something. The fetch does not even test the RTT of sf.net hosts. Any obvious suggestions?

I should say that the original portfile for py27-... downloads and builds, although it complains frequently about deprecated api elements. However, the current version (2.9.2.4) did not build.

[ajb78@…]

Hi Jason, You also need to download patch-config.py.diff and patch-setup.py.diff and place them into a folder called "files" in the same directory as the portfile. Hope that works!

[ajb78@…]

(btw thanks Michelle for the unified portfile! I have been too busy to attempt it myself)

[gorticus (Jason Mitchell)]

Hi Michelle: I did, indeed, setup the patches. And, as I mentioned, ajb78's original Portfile, with patches, builds just fine.

It seems there is something with the unified port groups that is causing fetch to fail. I've seen similar strangeness before, since 2.0.1, but I'm having a hard time remembering the specifics. I may just be recalling #31073.

BTW, has duplicate #27955?

[jjstickel@…]

Cc Me!

[jjstickel@…]

If you want a "wxpython-devel", you will also need a "wxwidgets-python-devel", i.e. you cannot generally use "wxwidgets-devel" because the version may not coincide with the latest wxpython. I will attach a portfile for wxwidgets-python-devel that installed for me. The unified portfile already attached here also installed for me (with small revisions like version number). However, these still do not work with (wx)VTK, which is my primary use, and so I am reverting back to using QT.

[jjstickel@…]

portfile for wxwidgets-python-devel

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

There is now py-wxpython-3.0 since r110279. In case any feature/functionality is missing, let us know.