Re: /opt/local/var/macports

Are there negative side-effects to moving this largish subdirectory to an external drive and connecting via soft link? I haven't tried it myself in a while, but as far as I know having it on another volume should work fine. You don't need the link, since this location is configurable as

/opt/local/var/macports

Are there negative side-effects to moving this largish subdirectory to an external drive and connecting via soft link? Jim Seattle, WA

Re: /opt/local/var/macports/registry/.registry.lock

> and I get this message and nothing happens > /opt/local/var/macports/registry/.registry.lock > > Thanks for your help > > Genevieve

/opt/local/var/macports/registry/.registry.lock

I am trying to install gcc and gfortran with sudo port install gcc6 +gfortran and I get this message and nothing happens /opt/local/var/macports/registry/.registry.lock Thanks for your help Genevieve