On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:47 AM, Rainer Müller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tabitha McNerney wrote: > >> What I find interesting is that I have never used, to the best of my >> knowledge, "port configure <portname> +foo +bar", etc. I only do an initial >> "port fetch" and then I edited the php5 Portfile to make my additions and >> then I ran port install +foo +bar ... so this is a wee bit confusing unless >> even the fetch phase should be conducted *after* I've my the additions to >> the php5 Portfile? >> > > Once you realize that variants could change the files to be downloaded, it > should be clear. 'port fetch +foo' could download additional files which > would be left out otherwise. So you have to select the variants already at > the fetch phase and keep it through the other phases. Rainer, Harry, Ryan and friends, Thank you for clarifying this. I hadn't even realized that in the fetch phase one can specify variants. MacPorts is incredible flexible! This is really helpful! Thanks, T.M. > > > Rainer >
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