On 2010-01-23, at 1:43 AM, Scott Haneda wrote: > If there is any way to simplify it down for a more common user to understand, > I think that may be helpful.
how about two changes (at * suggest ... **) ************************************************** Original guide 3.2. Port Variants Variants are a way for port authors to provide options for a port that may be chosen during the port install. To display the available variants, if any, use this command: <snip> Note: Variant descriptions are optional, so you may not see descriptions for all variants. ** suggest alter & add to the Note: ** As variant descriptions are optional, you may not see descriptions in all cases. Two more variant kinds may be listed. A variant may be "universal" if the port's methods may allow the same install to run under more than one architecture. A "platform" variant denotes steps that will run under a particular platform, say "darwin_10" as meaning OS 10.6 Snow Leopard, automatically. ************************************************** 3.2.1. Invoking Variants A variant can only be invoked when a port is installed. After you have determined what variants a given port has, if any, you may install a port using the variant as shown. %% port install fetchmail +ssl Port variant execution may be verified using the port command with the verbose switch. %% port -v install fetchmail +ssl When a port is installed using a valid variant and specified correctly, the verbose output will contain: DEBUG: Executing variant ssl provides ssl ** suggest add: ** NOTE: Whereas "universal" variants can also be chosen (when not configured in MacPort settings to be auto-applied, when possible), the "platform" variant needs no selection, being automatic. *************************************************** _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
