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The raw portfile for postgresql7 7.4.24 is located here:
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The postgresql7 Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: postgresql7
Version: 7.4.24
Category: databases
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: mww jwa
Description: The most advanced open-source database available anywhere
Long Description: PostgreSQL is Object-Relational Database Management System. It supports almost all SQL constructs, including transactions, subselects, and user-defined types and functions. Write-ahead logging means increased performance while retaining data integrity. This version does not work on Mac OS X Intel!

Homepage: http://www.postgresql.org/
Master Sites: http://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql//source/v${version} postgresql:source/v${version}

Checksums: md5 8287efcb6d4d0f2a631fd35149e8b8d2 sha1 a38d8045d2d01f501671e1a4b72473d7f8739107 rmd160 63a7908aef92ddc591d58332ff4bd0bdaa6b0fcf
use_bzip2 yes

depends_lib port:readline port:openssl port:zlib port:bison

distname postgresql-${version}

set libdir ${prefix}/lib/pgsql7
configure.args --sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc/pgsql7 --bindir=${libdir}/bin --libdir=${libdir} --includedir=${prefix}/include/pgsql7 --datadir=${prefix}/share/${name} --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --docdir=${prefix}/share/doc/${name} --with-docdir=${prefix}/share/doc/${name} --with-includes=${prefix}/include --with-libraries=${prefix}/lib --with-openssl=${prefix} --with-rendezvous --with-readline --with-zlib --enable-thread-safety --enable-integer-datetimes --enable-multibyte --enable-unicode

build.type gnu

post-build {
# build autovacuum
system "cd ${worksrcpath}/contrib/pg_autovacuum && ${build.cmd}"
# build tsearch2
system "cd ${worksrcpath}/contrib/tsearch2 && ${build.cmd}"
}

test.run yes
test.target check

# install headers too
destroot.target-append install-all-headers
post-destroot {
# install autovacuum
xinstall -m 755 -s ${worksrcpath}/contrib/pg_autovacuum/pg_autovacuum ${destroot}${libdir}/bin
# install tsearch2
system "cd ${worksrcpath}/contrib/tsearch2 && ${build.cmd} install ${destroot.destdir}"
# symlinks
system "cd ${destroot}${prefix}/bin && ln -sf ${libdir}/bin/psql psql7"
# nuke nonsense
system "cd ${destroot}${prefix}/share && rm -rf doc"
}

# Defaults for database
set dbdir ${prefix}/var/db/pgsql7/defaultdb
set logdir ${prefix}/var/log/pgsql7
set dbuser postgres7
set dbgrp postgres

Variant: perl description {add Perl support} {
configure.args-append --with-perl
depends_lib-append bin:perl:perl5
}

Variant: java description {add Java support} {
configure.args-append --with-java
depends_build port:apache-ant
depends_lib-append bin:java:kaffe
configure.env-append ANT=${prefix}/share/java/apache-ant/bin/ant
}

Variant: tcltk description {add tcl, tk support} {
configure.args-append --with-tcl --with-tclconfig=${prefix}/lib --with-tkconfig=${prefix}/lib
configure.env-append TCLSH=${prefix}/bin/tclsh
depends_lib-append port:tcl port:tk
}

Variant: server description {add startup item for server} {
startupitem.create yes
startupitem.init "PGCTL=${libdir}/bin/pg_ctl"
startupitem.start "su ${dbuser} -c \"\${PGCTL} -D \${POSTGRESQL7DATA:=${dbdir}} start -l ${logdir}/postgres.log\""
startupitem.stop "su ${dbuser} -c \"\${PGCTL} -D \${POSTGRESQL8DATA:=${dbdir}} stop -s -m fast\""

pre-destroot {
xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${dbdir} ${destroot}${prefix}/var/log/pgsql ${destroot}${prefix}/var/db/pgsql
# Add User postgres:postgres
addgroup ${dbuser}
set gid [existsgroup ${dbgrp}]
adduser ${dbuser} shell=/bin/sh gid=${gid} home=${prefix}/var/db/pgsql7 realname=PostgreSQL-7\ Server
}

post-destroot {
destroot.keepdirs ${destroot}${prefix}/var/db/pgsql
system "cd ${destroot}${prefix}/var/log/pgsql && touch pgsql.log pg_autovacuum.log"

foreach d { db/pgsql log/pgsql log/pgsql/pgsql.log log/pgsql/pg_autovacuum.log } {
file attributes ${destroot}${prefix}/var/${d} -group ${dbgr} -owner ${dbuser}
}
}

post-install {
ui_msg "\nTo create a database instance, after install do\n sudo su ${dbuser} -c \'${libdir}/bin/initdb -D ${dbdir}\'"
}
}

platform darwin i386 {
extract { return -code error "\n\nThis platform is not supported by PostgreSQL 7. Please migrate to the PostgreSQL 8 series!\n" }
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url ${homepage}
livecheck.regex (7.4.\[0-9\]+)

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/postgresql7
%  sudo port install postgresql7  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching postgresql7
--->  Verifying checksum for postgresql7
--->  Extracting postgresql7
--->  Configuring postgresql7
--->  Building postgresql7 with target all

--->  Staging postgresql7 into destroot

--->  Installing postgresql7

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using postgresql7 with these commands:

%  man postgresql7
%  apropos postgresql7
%  which postgresql7
%  locate postgresql7

 Where to find more information: