On 2010-10-11 19:21 , David Gentry wrote: > 6. In my terminal window, I ran a command to list all inactive ports. > I picked several to run a "port activate" command on. For example, I > said, "port activate [apache2]" and "port activate [mysql5]." I > received the error message in the subject line of this email. > > What should I do now? I need my ports back!
Why did you use these brackets? They are interpreted as wildcard and in the end result in a single character. Actually that should be an error, seems to be a bug with the wildcard expansion in port. Just type the port's name without anything extra: sudo port activate mysql5 apache2 > I have a couple of thoughts: > > 1. I could run a command to determine if the ports I need are even > installed. If not, I could run an install command. port installed apache2 mysql5 It will also tell you if the ports are active or not. > 2. I could use Mac's Time Machine backup to restore my system to the > way it was the day before I installed Macports. IIRC Time Machine does not work very well with MacPorts as it is unable to backup hardlinks. Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
