Add some more helpful time-saving tips.

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/math/sage/Makefile b/math/sage/Makefile
index dca9da0c32de..21a36291eef1 100644
--- a/math/sage/Makefile
+++ b/math/sage/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,52 @@ pre-extract:
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ${CHOWN} -hR ${BINOWN}:${BINGRP} ${PREFIX}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 	@${ECHO_MSG}
 	@sleep 60
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# If you want to fetch the source tarball and you don\'t trust the
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# ports system to do this, you can type:
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} ${FETCH_CMD} -o ${DISTDIR} http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/sagemath/sage-mirror/src/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Extracting the source files automatically can be time-consuming,
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# and it takes up space in the ports tree. You can prevent this by
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# extracting the files into a temporary directory.
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} ${TAR} -x -C /tmp -f ${DISTDIR}/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Next you\'ll need to navigate to that directory for the remainder
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# of the commands.
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} cd /tmp/${DISTNAME}
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Now, patching files is usually done automatically by the ports
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# system, but you can make it take considerably more time by doing
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# it by hand. The following command may be helpful, unless you\'re
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# using a C shell.
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} "for i in ${PORTSDIR}/math/sage/files/patch-\*; do patch -p0 < $i; done"
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Next, you\'ll need to issue a couple more commands yourself, but you
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# are saving so much time already, it practically pays for itself. 
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Issue the following command, and then type in everything it tells you
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# to do.
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} make -C ${PORTSDIR}/math/sage -n post-patch | sed -e 's,${WRKSRC}/,,'
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Building the port is easy. If you type "make", it will build the port,
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# but you can build it in a much more intelligent way by doing:
+	@${ECHO_MSG} 
+	@${ECHO_MSG} ${DO_MAKE_BUILD}
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Then, type:
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} ${RM} -rf tmp/.sage
+	@${ECHO_MSG} ${CHMOD} -R a+rX .
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Now you can follow the directions above about installing the program.
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# Enjoy the following 60-second forced pause while you think about all
+	@${ECHO_MSG} \# the time you just saved!
+	@${ECHO_MSG}
+	@sleep 60
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/sage
 USE_GCC=	yes