On 2011-11-19 07:23, Roger Pack wrote: > If I do this: > $ sudo port install vlc -f
This does not do what you expect, but it is correct syntax. This would deselect a variant named "f". > The "help" syntax might be expandable a bit.. > > $ port help install > Usage: install > > Installs the given ports > > (doesn't list any options available to the install command?) This one should be fixed soon once I get around merging the new help system to trunk (and of course, the next release after that...). https://trac.macports.org/wiki/NewHelpSystem > Also it seems to be missing a "reinstall" command...perhaps one could > be added, perhaps like the equivalent of > sudo port uninstall suchAndSuch > sudo port clean –all suchAndSuch > sudo port install suchAndSuch > or the like [?] Right, there is no 'port reinstall'. Although as a workaround this one works to force a reinstallation of a port: sudo port -n upgrade --force suchAndSuch > Also I would have expected this to work: > $ sudo port install twolame # it installs binary twolame > $ sudo port install -s twolame # it "reinstalls, but from source" > (currently it "does nothing") > > At least output something like "twolame is already installed" but, > better yet, I had hoped that it would basically reinstall it, from > source, realizing that its initial installation had been from a binary > package. There is no information stored whether a port was installed from a pre-compiled archive or from source. In fact, install always uses an archive, just sometimes it has to be built locally first. To force a reinstallation from source: sudo port -s -n upgrade --force suchAndSuch Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users