MacPorts Base

MacPorts releases include .pkg (flat packages for macOS 10.6+) or .dmg (disk images) installers.

Workflow:

1. Build: Use the port command to build the package. The Portfile must be updated with the new version and checksums.
2. Sign: Use productsign with a Developer ID Installer certificate.
3. Notarize: For macOS 10.14 Mojave and later, submit the .pkg via xcrun notarytool or xcrun altool.
4. Staple: After successful notarization, use xcrun stapler staple.
5. Checksum: Generate MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, and SHA256 checksums using openssl.

Validation Checklist:

• Linking: Use otool -L to ensure binaries/libraries (like daemondo or Tcl dylibs) do not link against anything outside a vanilla macOS installation + developer tools.
• Architecture: Use file to confirm binaries are universal (e.g., Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures).
• Tcl Invocation: Ensure scripts in ${destroot}/opt/local/bin use #!/opt/local/bin/port-tclsh to use the bundled interpreter.
• UX: Verify the .dmg mounts in Finder and the .pkg launches Installer.app correctly.

# Build packages
sudo port -d pkg MacPorts
sudo port -d dmg MacPorts

# Sign package
productsign --sign "Developer ID Installer: John Doe" unsigned/MacPorts-2.0.0-10.7-Lion.pkg MacPorts-2.0.0-10.7-Lion.pkg

# Notarize (macOS 10.14+)
xcrun notarytool submit MacPorts-2.0.0-10.14-Mojave.pkg \
    --apple-id <your-apple-id> --keychain-profile "notarytool" \
    --wait

# Staple
xcrun stapler staple MacPorts-2.5.4-10.14-Mojave.pkg

# Generate checksums
for type in -md5 -sha1 -ripemd160 -sha256; do
  openssl dgst $type MacPorts-2.0.0-*.{pkg,dmg} >> MacPorts-2.0.0.chk.txt
done

Before tagging a release, perform the following code updates:

1. Update ChangeLog: Update the ChangeLog file in both master and the release branch.
2. Update Versioning: Update config/macports_version with the target release number. This file is used by the port command and the selfupdate procedure.
3. Maintain Compatibility: Preserve config/mp_version and config/dp_version at fixed values (1.800 and 1.710 respectively) if backwards compatibility for old installations is required.
4. Regenerate Scripts: Run ./autogen.sh to update the autoconf configure script, as it reads from mp_version.
5. Regenerate Man Pages: Clean and rebuild man pages to ensure the new version number is reflected in the output.

Ensure all changes are merged between the release branch and master as necessary.

./autogen.sh
./standard_configure.sh
make -C doc/ clean all \
    ASCIIDOC=/opt/local/bin/asciidoc \
    XSLTPROC=/opt/local/bin/xsltproc \
    DOCBOOK_XSL=/opt/local/share/xsl/docbook-xsl-nons/manpages/docbook.xsl

daemondo is a wrapper program designed to run daemons on macOS. It acts as an adapter between launchd and traditional rc.d style scripts.

It provides the following lifecycle management:

• Start: Executes a specified command on launch.
• Stop: Stops the daemon when daemondo receives SIGTERM or when a specific --stop-cmd is provided.
• Restart: Restarts the daemon on SIGHUP or when specific system events occur (network changes, power state changes, or notifications).
• Monitoring: In its primary mode, it tracks the daemon's process ID (PID) and will exit if the daemon process dies.

Operational Modes:

1. Asynchronous (PID Tracking): If no --stop-cmd is provided, daemondo executes the --start-cmd asynchronously and tracks the resulting PID. It uses this PID to signal the daemon for stops/restarts.
2. Synchronous (Command-based): If --stop-cmd is provided, both start and stop commands are issued synchronously. In this mode, daemondo does not track a PID but relies on the provided commands to control the daemon.

usage: daemondo [-hv] [--version]
                     --start-cmd prog args... ;
                     [--stop-cmd prog arg... ;]
                     [--restart-cmd prog arg... ;]
                     [--restart-wakeup]
                     [--restart-netchange]
                     [--restart-config regex... ;]
                     [--restart-dist-notify names... ;
                     [--restart-darwin-notify names... ;]