How do I add a new port

[ig-or]

Hello, I have a quite general question. I was thinking about adding a port to some library. But since this library is not supported on all the platforms/configurations, I added a number of "vcpkg_fail_port_install" in the portfile.cmake file, as was suggested #8602 (comment)

Now this port tells "Some checks were not successful" : https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pull/8628l

Is this an expected behavior? Should the port pass all the checks in order to be integrated? Should every port support all the platforms/configurations? If it is possible not to support all the configurations, then then what is the correct way to handle this?

Best regards, Igor

[JackBoosY]

Hi @ig-or, thanks join us as our contributor! We already have documentation and examples, please see these links.
And we will pay attention with you PR.

Thanks.

[JackBoosY]

Does this issue still bother you?

[ig-or]

Will be able to check again after January 2, sorry.. Happy new year!!

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[JackBoosY]

If this issue is still not resolved, please reopen it.

BTW, I tried to improve the process of adding ports in #9430.