Hi Philippe. I'm the person who added the comment. Obviously, it worked for me, hence having the "commentor" confirm that it worked is actually redundant :) I do build Haiku under OSX, since it's much faster than with Zeta. I then transfer the image to where I need it. To answer your question, you would need a 3rd person to confirm that the "comment" is valid :) As far as I can recall, I did some research before posting that comment. Cheers. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Philippe Michael Groarke < philippe_groarke@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, could anybody confirm this correction to the "building haiku on Mac" > guide. I will be including the document in the UserGuide (after correction) > and I can't get in touch with the comment's author, because it seems his > e-mail is down. > > The comment was: > > The MacPorts section talks about modifying the ~/.bash_profile file. Yes, > this will work, but it will override any settings people have in their > ~/.profile file. And as far as I'm aware, on OSX it is recommended to use > .profile instead of .bash_profile. Both work for the purpose of building > Haiku, but some people may discover that other tools break since their > defintions are in .profile. > > This is in response to this section of the guide: > > First, install MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> (A standard Installer > package is provided) > Close your Terminal, and enter in a new one: > > sudo port install gnuregex gawk > > (You will be prompted for the administrator password of the current account > - Do not worry if nothing you type shows after the Password prompt, this is > intended ;-) ) > > If you get an error "port: command not found", create/edit your > .bash_profile file : > > nano ~/.bash_profile > > Add at the end of the file : > > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH > export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/local/share/man > export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/opt/local/share/info > > To save the file and quit the editor, type Ctrl-X, Y and Return. > You can now retry the port install... command in a new Terminal. > > Is this information correct? > Thanks again, > Socapex_2K > > > ------------------------------ > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the > boot with the *All-new Yahoo! Mail > *<http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/> >