Clemens Lang <c...@macports.org> writes: > Hi, > > On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 09:44:06AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> Therefore I am thinking abiout using these two package managers in >> parallel. >> >> I know this *can* cause problems, but is it likely to cause problems? >> What do I have to be aware about? Any experiences? > > Unfortunately it is rather likely to produce hard-to-debug problems. > However, I am working on a mechanism built into port to prevent problems > with homebrew or fink co-installed on the same machine called "trace > mode". It works by hiding files in /usr/local and /sw (amongst others) > from the build process. Unfortunately it was broken for quite a while > now and I've only recently gotten to fix it. If you want to give it a > shot, you should probably use trunk for now (although I'm planning to > get it into the upcoming 2.2 release). <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
Sounds great - I will probably wait then for the 2.2 release. This would then mean, that two package managers can co-exist, or only that macports can work reliably with homebrew installed, but not the other way round? Rainer -- Rainer M. Krug email: RMKrug<at>gmail<dot>com _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users