Abyss version 0.3 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 20th of November, 2009

    version 0.3

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      The raw portfile for abyss 0.3 is located here:
      http://abyss.darwinports.com/dports/www/abyss/Portfile
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      The abyss Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: abyss
      Version: 0.3
      Category: www
      Maintainers: kallisys.net:pguyot
      Description: Light HTTP/1.1 compliant web server.
      Long Description: ABYSS aims to be a fully HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Its main design goals are speed, low resource usage and portability. ABYSS works on most UNIX based systems and on Win32 systems (Win95/98/2000/NT).
      Homepage: http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: sourceforge:abyss
      Checksums: md5 ca2dc7618e17dae8eea23c02dd3bbf9d
      Patch Files: patch-src-data.c patch-src-server.c patch-conf-abyss.conf patch-src-conn.c
      worksrcdir ${name}
      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/conf/abyss.conf
      }
      use_configure no
      build { system "cd ${worksrcpath}/src/ && make" }

      destroot {
      xinstall -o root -m 0755 -p "${worksrcpath}/bin/abyss" "${destroot}${prefix}/sbin/"
      xinstall -d -o nobody -m 0755 "${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/"
      xinstall -d -o nobody -m 0755 "${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/log/"
      system "touch ${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/log/access.log"
      xinstall -d -o nobody -m 0755 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/conf/"
      xinstall -o root -m 0644 -p "${worksrcpath}/conf/abyss.conf" "${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/conf/"
      xinstall -o root -m 0644 -p "${worksrcpath}/conf/mime.types" "${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/conf/"
      xinstall -d -o root -m 0755 "${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/htdocs/"
      xinstall -o root -m 0644 "${portpath}/files/index.html" "${destroot}${prefix}/share/abyss/htdocs/"
      xinstall -o root -m 755 -d "${destroot}${prefix}/etc/rc.d"
      xinstall -o root -m 755 -c "${portpath}/files/abyss.sh" "${destroot}${prefix}/etc/rc.d"
      reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" "${destroot}${prefix}/etc/rc.d/abyss.sh"
      }

      startupitem.create yes
      startupitem.name abyss
      startupitem.pidfile "clean ${prefix}/share/abyss/abyss.pid"
      startupitem.start "${prefix}/etc/rc.d/abyss.sh start"
      startupitem.stop "${prefix}/etc/rc.d/abyss.sh start"

    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/abyss
      % sudo port install abyss
      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 abyss
      ---> Verifying checksum for abyss
      ---> Extracting abyss
      ---> Configuring abyss
      ---> Building abyss with target all
      ---> Staging abyss into destroot
      ---> Installing abyss
    - 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 abyss with these commands:
      %  man abyss
      % apropos abyss
      % which abyss
      % locate abyss

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