From 82da4c57a750f7a1e2f449fe9cbf7831fe95f1b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chen Guokai <1415430544@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:09:04 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update macOS specific guide for MacPorts

Add comment for the setup failure.
The solution can be infered from ARMmbed/cmsis-pack-manager#97
Fixes #18269.
Signed-off-by: Chen Guokai <1415430544@qq.com>
---
 doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst b/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst
index 264c4b0fe77..e806ea84520 100644
--- a/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst
+++ b/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst
@@ -50,3 +50,9 @@ Now install these host dependencies with the ``brew`` command:
    brew install cmake ninja gperf ccache dfu-util qemu dtc python3
 
 .. _Homebrew site: https://brew.sh/
+
+Additional notes for MacPorts users
+***********************************
+
+While MacPorts is not officially supported in this guide, it is possible to use MacPorts instead of Homebrew to get all the required dependencies on macOS.
+Note also that you may need to install ``rust`` and ``cargo`` for the Python dependencies to install correctly.