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The raw portfile for createrepo 0.4.11 is located here:
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The createrepo Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: createrepo
Version: 0.4.11
Category: sysutils
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: afb
Description: generates common metadata for package repositories
Long Description: createrepo generates the metadata necessary for an RPM package repository. This repository format (repodata) is supported by apt, red-carpet(zen), smart, up2date, Yast and yum.

Homepage: http://createrepo.baseurl.org/
Master Sites: ${homepage}download/
Checksums: md5 3e9ccf4abcffe3f49af078c83611eda2 sha1 10316e9ee98e92f961c727cf991589611a2de7cb rmd160 74b89d3f097914bd5fc67282d083c063ad7fc18e
Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-createrepo patch-modifyrepo patch-dumpMetadata.py patch-genpkgmetadata.py patch-readMetadata.py patch-modifyrepo.py

depends_run port:python24 port:rpm port:py-yum-metadata-parser
# this should be depends_test:
depends_build port:py-checker

post-patch {
reinplace "s|__PREFIX__|${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/bin/createrepo ${worksrcpath}/bin/modifyrepo
reinplace "s|__PYTHON__|${prefix}/bin/python2.4|g" ${worksrcpath}/dumpMetadata.py ${worksrcpath}/genpkgmetadata.py ${worksrcpath}/readMetadata.py ${worksrcpath}/modifyrepo.py
}

use_configure no

build.args prefix=${prefix} PYTHON="${prefix}/bin/python2.4"

destroot.args prefix=${prefix} INSTALL="/usr/bin/install -p" INSTALL_MODULES="/usr/bin/install -m 755"

test.run yes
test.target check

livecheck.type regex
# get the last modified tarball
livecheck.url ${master_sites}?C=M\;O=D
livecheck.regex ${name}-(0\.4\.\[0-9.\]+)${extract.suffix}

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/createrepo
%  sudo port install createrepo  
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 createrepo
--->  Verifying checksum for createrepo
--->  Extracting createrepo
--->  Configuring createrepo
--->  Building createrepo with target all

--->  Staging createrepo into destroot

--->  Installing createrepo

- 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 createrepo with these commands:

%  man createrepo
%  apropos createrepo
%  which createrepo
%  locate createrepo

 Where to find more information: