On 2021/04/20 14:24, Tracey Emery wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:09:39PM +0300, Yevhenii Kurtov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would love to run the LND node https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd, > > and since things are moving very fast in that field, it makes sense to have > > a stable solution for managing it, including version bumps. > > I didn’t ever write a port before, I only looked through Porter’s Handbook, > > and the template suggested. > > Probably my scenario is somewhat simpler than porting a C program. The only > > quirk that I can see is that the Go compiler and Git client have to be > > installed. Then I can clone the repo, checkout specific tag, and issue > > `make install` > > https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md#installing-lnd-from-source
Their instructions result in fetching dependencies during build, network access at build time is not allowed in ports, > > https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/v0.12.0-beta/Makefile > > > > Does this sound about right? > > > > If yes - maybe someone can point me in the direction of the existing port > > for a Go program? > > > > > > Thanks! > > Try: portgen go module-name > > I think the portgen for go is pretty finalized. If not, abieber@ will > let me have it! i.e. "portgen go github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd", except lnd is one of the things that "portgen go" doesn't handle. You can try cloning the repo and running "go mod tidy && go mod vendor" then tarring up the result (preferably without the .git directory) and uploading it somewhere, then look at maybe net/wormhole-william to crib from (or grafana, though that is more complex as it also fetches some pre-generated non-compiled files bundled with the linux binaries). C software is often simpler to port because it doesn't expect you to be using a particular packaging/module ecosystem or build dependencies at the same time you're building the software of interest.
