Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 4 months ago

#64329 assigned enhancement

guide and portfile man page: document missing keywords — at Version 5

Reported by: mascguy (Christopher Nielsen) Owned by: mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)
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Description (last modified by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen))

While our MacPorts Guide is quite extensive, there are a few portfile keywords missing. And while many have previously been identified in tickets, there are still a few that have not.

Per @jmroot, some items are documented via the man page for portfile. And for those that are, we can update the guide with that info. Such cases are:

Some others are missing from both:

And finally, some are need additional work/clarification, before we can document:

Change History (5)

comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

There is documentation for installs_libs in the portfile man page.

comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Description: modified (diff)
Owner: set to mascguy
Status: newassigned
Summary: guide: document newer keywords: installs_libs, etcguide and portfile man page: document missing keywords

Replying to jmroot:

There is documentation for installs_libs in the portfile man page.

Indeed there is, along with detail for add_users. That makes things easier, as we can reconcile from the man page, when possible.

Thanks for the heads-up Josh!

comment:3 Changed 11 months ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Description: modified (diff)

Added two more to the list of items not documented at all: startupitem.user and startupitem.group.

comment:4 in reply to:  3 Changed 11 months ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Replying to mascguy:

Added two more to the list of items not documented at all: startupitem.user and startupitem.group.

PR created, to document options startupitem.user/startupitem.group in the manpage for portfile:

PR 294 - manpages: portfile: add info for startupitem.user/startupitem.group

comment:5 Changed 11 months ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Description: modified (diff)
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