I think it might be wise to create a list of such volatile variants
(system_x11, universal, no_x11, etc) and mention them to users in the
install guide, so they can make decisions about them before it's too
late.
Also, this brings up a point that has been bothering me for a while.
Why do we have so many variants for what should really be a single
binary decision: +x11, +no_x11, +quartz, +no_quartz, +aqua
On Apr 14, 2009, at 16:16, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Apr 13, 2009, at 22:45, David Evans wrote:
I suspect that a number of the reports of GOffice and other apps
not working correctly no_x11/quartz is due to the same problem of
mixing X11
and no_x11 in the same instance of MacPorts -- not realistic to
think that you can do this and have the right selection of ports/
variants
active at any given point in time.
Probably true. The other point is that some users may not be
intending to mix and match, yet may not realize that by the time
they choose to use quartz and no_x11 they may already have ports
installed for which that choice should have been made. Hence, the
recommendation is that you must make the choice to use quartz and
no_x11 before you have installed any ports, and if you have
installed any ports, you should remove them, then set the default
variants, or else as David said, install a new MacPorts to a new
prefix where you set the default variants and then install your ports.
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