On 2017-09-17 16:41, Rainer Müller 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.
Forgot to add that if the previous run was successful, but did not have the desired outcome, you will also have to reset the success of this phase in the state file at work/.macports.*.state. Delete the line "target: org.macports.destroot". Rainer
