On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 17:13, Scott Haneda wrote:
>
>> Store www files outside of prefix, or leave them in htdocs, or prefix/www/me
>> ?
>>
>> I think this go around I'm keeping my personal data in ~. wanted to hear
>> others methods.
>
> Either way. MacPorts won't remove your own data in e.g.
> /opt/local/www/htdocs, however if you want to uninstall MacPorts and think of
> using "rm -rf /opt/local" to do so, this would delete your data. Storing your
> data outside prefix removes this risk. Of course, "rm -rf /opt/local" is not
> how you should uninstall MacPorts; correct uninstall instructions are in the
> guide.
That was why I was asking, personal data, and wanting it to be safe. I know
that ~ needs thought when I backup, when I copy files from one machine to
another etc. Anything in / I sort os consider easily replaceable,
re-installable etc.
I am considering symblinking /opt/local/var to somewhere else in ~ as well,
since those will be my databases and the like. I also am considering leaving
it alone and not making a mess of things.
It says to do this, for an uninstall:
sudo rm -rf \
/opt/local \
/Applications/DarwinPorts \
/Applications/MacPorts \
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
/Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \
/Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \
/Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
/Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
/Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \
~/.macports
Where is this "/Applications/DarwinPorts" and/or "/Applications/MacPorts", I
have never seen anything put into /Applications?
The rest makes sense.
What is the harm if you do not remove receipt packages? I was building out
some local stuff with Apple's Package Maker, using it as a glorified way to put
shell scripts and a launchd item where I wanted it. I ended with a bunch of
receipts, one for each build test I ran. I have no idea if they are harmless,
or I can safely delete them, or why so many were made.
Thank you
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