I am saying that it was my google search that took me to darwinports is how I discovered why I couldn't get the icmptraceroute package. That is how I learned that the package true name was traceroute and not icmptraceroute. There was no way to tell in the "info" or "search". Thank you for making the correction. I am certain an update will reflect your changes for me. Thank you for everything Ryan.
-Altoine Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2007, at 14:14, Altoine Barker wrote: > >> I have seen this problem before but didn't find anyone complaining about >> it after doing a little googling. I looked at the port from the >> darwinports website and discovered that the port is actually named >> traceroute and not icmptraceroute. > > If you're talking about darwinports.com, please know that they're not > affiliated with the MacPorts (formerly DarwinPorts) project in any way, > and I recommend you do not use that web site as a source for any > information. Use the official MacPorts web site, which is www.macports.org. > >> If you do a search for icmptraceroute, you will not find it. If you >> check it for info using a terminal port commmand (port info >> icmptraceroute), it still can not be found. Searching for "traceroute" >> will not produce "traceroute". >> >> Anyone understand a reason for this confusion? > > "port search traceroute" does find it: > > $ port search traceroute > traceroute net/icmptraceroute 1.4a12 a > traceroute implementation using ICMP packets > tcptraceroute net/tcptraceroute 1.5beta7 a > traceroute implementation using TCP packets > $ > > I note that the traceroute port is in a directory called icmptraceroute. > I have fixed it in r31247 so it's in a directory called traceroute to > match the port name declared in the portfile. This doesn't really have > any bearing on anything, just makes things more orderly. > > I don't know why the port isn't called "icmptraceroute" if that's the > software's proper name. You could ask the maintainer of the traceroute > port. > > > _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
