On Jun 1, 2011, at 17:25, Jason Swails wrote: >> All *_select ports (gcc_select, python_select, ...) are now handled by the >> port action. You can safely upgrade! >> >> The new command is >> $ port select gcc >> >> For the generic syntax >> $ port help select >> >> Unfortunately it's not documented in the manual page.
But there is "port help select". And the patch to add this documentation to the manpage is here: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29528 > Was there any obvious way to know this (i.e. changelogs or something of the > like? I suppose not really. "port contents gcc_select" would confirm for you that there is no longer a command called "gcc_select", but that wouldn't help you discover its replacement. > Perhaps gcc_select could have been relegated to a simple script that just > echoed "use the new syntax" message, and then phased out for the next version. That's a great idea. We should do that, for all the select ports. We already had 2 tickets about the same problem / misunderstanding for python_select, so you're not alone in being confused. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
