On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Craig Treleaven <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 8:07 AM -0700 7/10/14, Ryan Ware wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:17 AM, Ryan Schmidt <<mailto: >> [email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jul 10, 2014, at 5:13 AM, Fabrizio Salvatore wrote: >> >> I have wiped the root5 installation and re-installed and for what I can >>> see the two have the exact same root5 installed.... I was going to >>> re-install python27 too, but there are a lot of dependencies so it might be >>> a pretty complicated business... is there a way to do the uninstall without >>> breaking these dependencies? I am going to check if there is any difference >>> in the python27 installation first.... >>> >>> >> I doubt you need to reinstall python27. In general, if a port installed, >> it installed successfully. Builds are supposed to be repeatable and not >> vary based on circumstances. >> >> >> Are there cases where the port can be installed without success? If so, >> what are those corner cases? >> >> I for one am quite happy that builds are repeatable. I've lived in >> environments where builds weren't necessarily repeatable and it >> was...problematic. >> > > I think he was referring to cases such as where the post-activate step > fails. Usually, in such cases, the software is "installed" but some > configuration step may not have happened. Eg, a default configuration file > might not be copied to where it ought to be Cool. Makes sense. Ryan
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