> > The problem is that if you do miss these messages, then you can't > > easily resurrect them other than installing the whole lot again. > > > True-ish. Well really you only need to deactivate and active the port > again, since ports print such messages in the post-activate phase. > But users don't know that. You could also read the portfile source > code, but that's not really a clean solution either. Any suggestions > for how we could improve this situation?
How about including some instructions like this in ports and install it in /opt/local/share/someplace? README.macports or something like that. > You really have to unload the plist before upgrading the port, then > load the plist after upgrading. > > Now that we have "port load" and "port unload" as shortcuts for "sudo > launchctl load" and "sudo launchctl unload", maybe port should > automatically unload a port before deactivating, and then, if the > port was previously loaded, load the port again after activating. Cool. Will it be in the next version? _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
