> On Sep 23, 2016, at 09:04, Ray Zimmerman <r...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> To build a previous version of a port: >> >> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort >> >> You can have multiple versions of a port installed at the same time, but >> only one active and usable at a time. You can switch between them by >> activating whichever one you want at the moment, but this may have >> consequences for any other installed ports that depend on the port whose >> version you're switching. > > Ok, this sounds like something I could make use of now. I’m not familiar with > the details of what activating a port does. Is it simply a matter of what > get’s put in your executable path, or is there more to it?
An installed port is a compressed tarball of files. Activating a port extracts that tarball into /opt/local. > I guess my real question is, can I create a few symlinks to be able to > execute a deactivated octave port without activating it? If so, that may be > good enough for my purposes. No, when a port is not active, the files you propose to symlink against do not exist. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
