Hello,
Currently on selfupdate macports.conf is not updated in any way if it
already existed. This "hides" new options from long time users.
An up-to-date macports.conf provides a good overview over all options
and contains short documentation lines.
I have two proposals how this could be changed to make it more easy for
users to follow HOWTOs and/or tutorials.
1) Add macports.conf.dist
Place a file named macports.conf.dist right beside macports.conf. It
would be the same file as the install process would have generated if
no macports.conf file exists. Then the user can copy & paste new
options over to macports.conf.
Advantages: * Easy to implement
Disadvantages: * User still has to do it him/herself.
2) Parse macports.conf and regenerate it
Parse the existing macports.conf and rewrite it completely. This
takes takes all options already present and writes a new
macports.conf (by also keeping a backup).
Advantages: * macports.conf is always up-to-date
* Does not require work by user
Disadvantages: * More work to implement this.
* Users will loose their formatting or comments, if
they customized it.
Any comments on this appreciated.
Rainer
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