Re: Pkgsrc on Mac OS X

[Jonathan Groll <lists%groll.co.za@localhost>]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:49:24AM +0200, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
> 21 sep 2010 kl. 04.31 skrev John Ruschmeyer:
>
> > Lately, I've been seriously trying to build a few packages using pkgsrc
> > under both Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and 10.4.11 (Tiger) on a PowerPC. It
> > seems like pkgsrc is not a big option for Mac users, though, as it is never
> > mentioned in the same breath as Fink or Macports. So, I was wondering two
> > things:
>
> Indeed it's hard to see it mentioned. Why that is I don't really know, but it's 
> sad :/
> I try to ventilate "pkgsrc" every time there's an opportunity :)
>
> > 1) Is there anyone else on the list who is using pkgsrc under Mac OS X? If
> > so, what version?
>
> I have been using it for a couple of years now, current version of pkgsrc.
> I previously ran it on a PowerBook G4 under OS X 10.4.11, then on a MacBook Pro 
> (Intel) under OS X 10.5.8 and now 10.6.4.
> It works well. I use it mostly for postgresql, mysql, apache, graphicsmagick, 
> imagemagick, php, python, sqlite, etc.

For the most part I've loved using pkgsrc on my mac as well, and it
has performed exceptionally well.

Interesting that you mentioned postgresql, I had a lot of problems
with initializing database clusters with pkgsrc postgresql
specifically on OS X and eventually had to build it outside of pkgsrc:
http://osdir.com/ml/pgsql-general/2009-05/msg00486.html

Cheers,
Jonathan.