Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-27 Thread Arno Hautala
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:09, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: > > What is archive mode? Archive mode packages the destroot before installing and then stores this archive (as a tarball I think by default). You can then transfer these packages to another MacPorts installation and MP will untar

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-27 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
>From the changelog: 83 - Port images are now stored as archives. Archive mode is now effectively 84always on. Among other benefits, this fixes some bugs with the handling 85of hard links installed by ports (e.g. #13601). 86 87Direct mode is no

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-25 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 17:07, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > Is there ever a situation where the "Change Install Location..." button is > useful? The behavior of that button is defined by Apple's Installer framework, and the only things it can control are the "select volume" dialog and maybe the i

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-25 Thread Joshua Root
On 2011-6-26 07:13 , Scott Webster wrote: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht > mailto:pixi...@macports.org>> wrote: > > Ok, so I thought I would create a disk image and install MacPorts > there but the installer refuses with "MacPorts-2.0.0-beta1 can't be > installed

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-25 Thread Scott Webster
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > Ok, so I thought I would create a disk image and install MacPorts there but > the installer refuses with "MacPorts-2.0.0-beta1 can't be installed on this > disk. You can only install this software on the disk that is running Mac OS > X".

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-25 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Jun 25, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Joshua Root wrote: > On 2011-6-26 06:26 , Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: >> >> On Jun 19, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Joshua Root wrote: >> >>> Source code and disk images for MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 are now >>> available [1]. Testing of either of these install methods is helpful. >>

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-25 Thread Joshua Root
On 2011-6-26 06:26 , Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > > On Jun 19, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Joshua Root wrote: > >> Source code and disk images for MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 are now >> available [1]. Testing of either of these install methods is helpful. > > Using the dmg installer I am unable to choose a instal

Re: MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-25 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Jun 19, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Joshua Root wrote: > Source code and disk images for MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 are now > available [1]. Testing of either of these install methods is helpful. Using the dmg installer I am unable to choose a install prefix. Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla) _

MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 now available for testing

2011-06-19 Thread Joshua Root
Source code and disk images for MacPorts 2.0.0-beta1 are now available [1]. Testing of either of these install methods is helpful. While there are no known regressions from 1.9.2 at this point, be prepared to encounter bugs. As always, having a recent backup would be wise. Please report any bugs t