Citando Troy Telford : > I'm normally a Gentoo (linux) user, so I'm wondering if MacPorts has similar > functionality: > > In Gentoo, when there are multiple versions of a package (such as gnupg vs > gnupg2), you can select which one is 'active' using a tool called eselect. > > Basically all that happens is some symlinks are moved around (ie. gpg -> > gpg[12]. Does MacPorts have anything that does this, or do I have to do such > things manually?
Basically, this behaviour is exactly tht of activate/deactivate. You can choose which port is active by doing: port deactivate gnupg; port activate gnupg2 I am not sure if it really works for gnupg2/gnupg as I do not know if they both install /opt/local/bin/gpg. However, this should be the case, and it means you have to deactivate gnupg when you "install" gnupg2 (install contains activating). For finer ways, there was a proposal of a port_alternatives (as in debian, pkgsrc or probably gentoo) that would allow you if you have several ports providing gpg or mysql or python... that would create/update the adequate symlink to the chosen app and prevent conflicts when you install two ports providing the same file. I am not sure it is being implemented. Emmanuel _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
