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The raw portfile for anacron 2.3 is located here:
http://anacron.darwinports.com/dports/sysutils/anacron/Portfile
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The anacron Portfile 30254 2007-10-23 02:22:51Z jmpp macports.org $
PortSystem 1.0

Name: anacron
Version: 2.3
Revision: 3
Category: sysutils
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: Schedules periodic jobs on systems that are not permanently up
Long Description: Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running continuously.
Platform: darwin
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron
Master Sites: sourceforge
Checksums: md5 865cc1dfe1ed75c470d3e6de13763f03

Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-README patch-anacron.8 patch-anacrontab.5 patch-gregor.c
post-patch {
file copy ${filespath}/obstack.c ${filespath}/obstack.h ${workpath}/${worksrcdir}/
}

use_configure no

build.args PREFIX=${prefix}

destroot.args PREFIX=${destroot}${prefix}
destroot.keepdirs ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/cron.daily ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/cron.weekly ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/cron.monthly ${destroot}${prefix}/var/spool/anacron
post-destroot {
xinstall -m 755 ${filespath}/run-parts ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/
reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man8/anacron.8
reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man5/anacrontab.5
xinstall -m 0644 ${filespath}/anacrontab.sample ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/anacrontab-dist
reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/anacrontab-dist
xinstall -d -m 0755 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
xinstall -m 0644 -W ${worksrcpath} ChangeLog COPYING README TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/README

# Create startup rc script (if non-Darwin)
if {![variant_isset darwin]} {
xinstall -d -m 0755 ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/rc.d
xinstall -m 755 -c ${filespath}/anacron.sh ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/rc.d/
reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/rc.d/anacron.sh
}
}

post-activate {
# If no anacrontab already installed, copy sample file
if {![file exists ${prefix}/etc/anacrontab]} {
xinstall -m 0644 ${prefix}/etc/anacrontab-dist ${prefix}/etc/anacrontab
}
}

platform darwin {
startupitem.create yes
startupitem.name Anacron
startupitem.start "\[ -n \"`grep anacron /etc/crontab`\" \] \\"
startupitem.start-append "\t|| echo \"10 * * * * root ${prefix}/sbin/anacron -s\" >>/etc/crontab"
startupitem.start-append "${prefix}/sbin/anacron -s"
startupitem.stop "/usr/bin/killall -SIGUSR1 anacron"
}

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

--->  Staging anacron into destroot

--->  Installing anacron

- 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 anacron with these commands:

%  man anacron
%  apropos anacron
%  which anacron
%  locate anacron

 Where to find more information: