On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:22 AM, M A <[email protected]> wrote:
> Under /opt/local/etc/macports I have both a macports.conf and
> macports.conf.default file. The first seems to be from 2010 and the
> latter from today. I guess the port command should be reading the
> newer, but the documentation on the web (and using 'man port' and 'man
>
No. It reads macports.conf; macports.conf.default is (a) an example and
(b) documentation. You would use it to help you keep macports.conf up to
date (manually, by referencing it during an edit).
> The primary reason I'm asking is because I want to make some changes
> and put that into ~/.macports/macports.conf. Can I put in only the
> changes, or is it necessary to copy the whole macports.conf file from
> /opt/local/etc/macports?
>
The documentation (`man macports,conf`) says:
~/.macports/macports.conf
> User-specific configuration override. This file, if
> found, will be used instead of the default file at
> ${prefix}/etc/macports/macports.conf.
"instead of" says to me that you should copy and modify
/opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf.
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brandon s allbery [email protected]
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