On Oct 27, 2017, at 09:14, Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) wrote:
>
> Would it work to use stow to switch between two versions installed in
> /opt/local/stow/ports-x11 and /opt/local/stow/ports-quartz? I guess I'd
> also need a stow directory in /Applications or /Applications/MacPorts. Does
> macports install anything outside of /opt/local and /Applications/MacPorts?
> Will anything in macports break if it's used via the symlinks that stow sets
> up?
I haven't heard of stow so I don't know if it will work. I don't know if
anything will break if you use symlinks; I would expect most ports would work
but some might not. Although ports should not install files outside of
${prefix}, ${applications_dir} and ${frameworks_dir}, ports are able to do so,
and some do. Most notably, MacPorts base will install a launchd plist in
/Library/LaunchDaemons for ports that request it, so you will have to configure
your alternate MacPorts installations not to do that by setting
"startupitem_install no" in macports.conf.
