On 2015-2-6 07:51 , Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
>> The registry is transactional, the file system is not.
> 
> Is MacPorts able to make use of rev-upgrade spotting missing files if it
> marked a file activated prior to writing it?

That isn't likely to happen, either all the files get written and the
transaction is committed, or some of them get written and the
transaction gets rolled back.

> Or would an intermediate status for a file be more helpful?

A flag indicating an uncompleted activation for the port as a whole (as
suggested by dluke) would probably suffice.

- Josh
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