Opened 16 years ago

Last modified 16 years ago

#17705 new enhancement

MacPorts needs a general config file update mechanism

Reported by: blb@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone: MacPorts Future
Component: base Version: 1.7.0
Keywords: update configuration Cc:
Port:

Description

When a MacPorts install is upgraded, the config files are not overwritten to avoid stomping on local changes. This has the disadvantage that new features which can be configured via *.conf aren't added to the current configuration.

The best method to handle this would be with a general method to update configuration files by simply adding the new feature-specific items to the currently-existing files. Otherwise we end up with scripts for specific purposes (e.g., upgrade_sources_conf_default.tcl) which in the long term will become messy and difficult to maintain.

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by afb@…

See also vintage #2365

comment:2 Changed 16 years ago by blb@…

In case I was a bit vague, I'm specifically referring to MacPorts' own config files (macports.conf, sources.conf, etc).

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