> Le 19 oct. 2017 à 02:37, Bradley Giesbrecht <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2017, at 5:31 PM, pagani laurent via macports-users 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Reading the mails on this list, I discovered the Shell mode option (sudo 
>> port without argument) which would allow in principle to launch several 
>> commands without repeating sudo port each time (and typing the passwd). But 
>> once in that mode, I typed selfupdate and was exited from the the mode after 
>> completion! Could not run upgrade outdated in the wake… In that case, what’s 
>> the use of such a shell mode ?
> 
> Selfupdate updates port itself (base). Probably makes sense to exit current 
> running port after such an update. Could it recognize it was in shell mode 
> spawn new port command? I don’t know.

Yes, of course. The update moved port from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2 therefore it makes 
sense to exit to run the new version. I did not realize. Thanks.

Laurent

> 
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> Brad

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