thank you.... I don't think to check the man pages enough for macports issues. I will go look there more often. -- Ken
> On Sep 17, 2017, at 7:41 AM, Rainer Müller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2017-09-17 16:35, Ken Cunningham wrote: >> when working on the destrooting of complex ports it is tedious to have the >> ports rebuild with each portfile edit, esp the big ports that need the >> complex destrooting.... >> >> It must be possible to override this -- I feel I'm missing something simple >> somewhere. I hope this detail is not just buried in the guide somewhere that >> I missed. > > You are looking for the port -o option. You most likely want to delete > the work/destroot directory first. > > This is indeed a bit hidden in documentation. It is listed in the man > page, but there are no examples or use cases. > > Rainer
