Re: Permissions change with MacPorts 2.3?
According to Fink's documentation, adding a ".build" extension to the
folder name has the same effect as adding a ".noindex" extension to it,
which is what they do with their build folder:
http://www.finkproject.org/doc/users-guide/uguide.en.html#conf.optional
So that could be another option...
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Craig Treleaven
wrote:
> At 11:02 PM +0200 6/3/14, Clemens Lang wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I sometimes use EasyFind to search in portfiles. I noticed today
>>> that the macports folder under ${prefix}/var is no longer visible. I
>>> would guess this happened after I upgraded to MacPorts 2.3 but I
>>> can't be certain. Using the command line, I see the following:
>>> [Š]
>>>
>>> Was it an intended change to hide this directory? Or a glitch on my
>>> system?
>>>
>>
>> That was intentional. In specific, it's this Changelog entry:
>>
>> Disable Spotlight indexing on build directories, distfiles,
>> registry, log files, archives, base source and the default ports
>> tree. (cal in r113649)
>>
>> You can avoid this by manually reverting the change and touching a file
>> named ".nohide" in the directory. See
>> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/113649
>>
>
> Thanks. I noticed that in the change log but didn't see how it was
> implemented.
>
> Based on some searching (ie no hands-on experience!), it seems that it
> might be simpler to create a ".metadata_never_index" file [1] inside that
> folder to encourage Spotlight to leave it alone. Alternatively, we could
> add ".noindex" to the folder name to achieve the same effect.
>
> Wouldn't one of these be a better solution?
>
> Craig
>
> [1] http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/92784/
> preventing-spotlight-from-indexing-files-folders
>
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Re: Permissions change with MacPorts 2.3?
Hi, > Based on some searching (ie no hands-on > experience!), it seems that it might be simpler > to create a ".metadata_never_index" file [1] > inside that folder to encourage Spotlight to > leave it alone. Alternatively, we could add > ".noindex" to the folder name to achieve the same > effect. > > Wouldn't one of these be a better solution? None of those posts have any references to any official documentation by Apple and there's no source code available for Spotlight to check for myself. Just trying it on my system would have been an option, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will work on all platforms supported by MacPorts base. I found dome documentation on apple.com that suggests marking the folder hidden achieves Spotlight index exclusion, but I don't have the link at hand right now. -- Clemens Lang ___ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
Re: Permissions change with MacPorts 2.3?
At 11:02 PM +0200 6/3/14, Clemens Lang wrote:
Hi,
I sometimes use EasyFind to search in portfiles. I noticed today
that the macports folder under ${prefix}/var is no longer visible. I
would guess this happened after I upgraded to MacPorts 2.3 but I
can't be certain. Using the command line, I see the following:
[]
Was it an intended change to hide this directory? Or a glitch on my system?
That was intentional. In specific, it's this Changelog entry:
Disable Spotlight indexing on build directories, distfiles,
registry, log files, archives, base source and the default ports
tree. (cal in r113649)
You can avoid this by manually reverting the change and touching a file
named ".nohide" in the directory. See
http://trac.macports.org/changeset/113649
Thanks. I noticed that in the change log but
didn't see how it was implemented.
Based on some searching (ie no hands-on
experience!), it seems that it might be simpler
to create a ".metadata_never_index" file [1]
inside that folder to encourage Spotlight to
leave it alone. Alternatively, we could add
".noindex" to the folder name to achieve the same
effect.
Wouldn't one of these be a better solution?
Craig
[1]
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/92784/preventing-spotlight-from-indexing-files-folders
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Re: Permissions change with MacPorts 2.3?
Hi,
> I sometimes use EasyFind to search in portfiles. I noticed today
> that the macports folder under ${prefix}/var is no longer visible. I
> would guess this happened after I upgraded to MacPorts 2.3 but I
> can't be certain. Using the command line, I see the following:
> […]
> Was it an intended change to hide this directory? Or a glitch on my system?
That was intentional. In specific, it's this Changelog entry:
Disable Spotlight indexing on build directories, distfiles,
registry, log files, archives, base source and the default ports
tree. (cal in r113649)
You can avoid this by manually reverting the change and touching a file
named ".nohide" in the directory. See
http://trac.macports.org/changeset/113649
HTH,
--
Clemens Lang
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Permissions change with MacPorts 2.3?
Hi:
I sometimes use EasyFind to search in portfiles. I noticed today
that the macports folder under ${prefix}/var is no longer visible. I
would guess this happened after I upgraded to MacPorts 2.3 but I
can't be certain. Using the command line, I see the following:
CT-MBP11:~ craigtreleaven$ ls -@al /opt/local/var/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 12 root admin 408 10 Feb 10:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root admin 510 10 Dec 17:22 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 29 May 2012 cache
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 22 Mar 16:56 db
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 19 Nov 2013 lib
drwxr-xr-x 7 root admin 238 21 Apr 14:20 log
drwxr-xr-x@ 13 root admin 442 27 May 16:11 macports
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwxr-xr-x 4 root admin 136 29 May 09:49 mythtvuser
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 10 Feb 10:44 openldap-data
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 10 Feb 10:44 pwcheck
drwxr-xr-x 9 root admin 306 29 May 09:49 run
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 10 Feb 10:44 state
CT-MBP11:~ craigtreleaven$ xattr -v /opt/local/var/macports
/opt/local/var/macports: com.apple.FinderInfo
Was it an intended change to hide this directory? Or a glitch on my system?
Craig
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