On Sep 7, 2010, at 16:43, Rainer Müller wrote: > On 2010-09-07 23:27 , Titus von Boxberg wrote: >> Still, would be nice to know why not to handle the issue in post-activate >> commands. > > post-build or post-destroot would be the most appropriate phase for such > a change. Files should not be changed after they are packed up and > installed. post-active would be appripriate for updating cache files or > handling configuration files. The install_name_tool only needs to be > called once at the time of build, not every time the port will be activated.
Furthermore, if a post-install script ever failed, the port would still be installed, and the user could still activate it. If a post-activate script ever failed, the port would still be activated. And the user would rightly in such a situation expect the port to work. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
