macports-utils

macports-utils contains the following utilities:

• mp-checksums: an utility to generate the checksums block of a Portfile.

• mp-upgrade-all: an utility to update MacPorts, upgrade all the installed packages and remove unused ports.

• port-gen: an utility to create a Portfile from a template.

Prerequisites

macports-utils requires the following programs to be present on the ${PATH}:

• curl
• openssl
• port
• zsh

Getting macports-utils

A user who whishes to build this package should get a release tarball. A release tarball contains everything a user needs to build the package on his system, following the instructions detailed in the Installation section below and the INSTALL file.

A developer who wishes to modify this package should get the sources (either from a source tarball or cloning the repository) and have the GNU Build System installed on his machine. Please read README.gnu-build-system to get further details about how to bootstrap this package from sources on your machine.

Getting a copy of the source repository is not recommended unless you are a developer, you have the GNU Build System installed on your machine, and you know how to bootstrap it on the sources.

Installation

See the INSTALL file for detailed information about how to configure and install this package.

Usage

mp-checksums

The syntax of mp-checksums is the following:

$ mp-checksums (file)+
$ mp-checksums -h
$ mp-checksums -v

The available options are:

• -h: to show a usage message.
• -v: to print the program version.

mp-checksums accepts a list of files as a parameter and prints the corresponding checksums section:

$ mp-checksums my-file
checksums           rmd160 4d7cb3439d5ffbc82ddd1c560dad6ceb99e8a296 \
                    sha256 d53c9d7e8b43e6b0ffe09272f4a10b17dd6691b8cabc1f21bf8b60f7f0522db8 \
                    size   1918

mp-upgrade-all

The syntax of mp-upgrade-all is the following:

$ mp-upgrade-all
$ mp-upgrade-all -h
$ mp-upgrade-all -v

mp-upgrade-all performs the following operations:

• Invoking port selfupdate.
• Invoking port upgrade outdated.
• Invoking port clean installed.
• Invoking port uninstall leaves inactive until no matching ports are left.
• Invoking port reclaim -d.

port-gen

The syntax to invoke potfile-gen is the following:

$ port-gen -h
$ port-gen (-v)? (--no-cache)? -u distfile_url
$ port-gen --version

The available options are:

• --no-cache: to always download the distfile.
• -h, --help: to print a usage message.
• -u, --url: to specify the distfile URL.
• -v, --verbose: to print the summary of the outgoing changesets.
• --version: to print the program version.

Bug Reports

Bug reports can be sent directly to the authors.

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