Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#22248 closed defect (invalid)

Install notes incorrect wrt .profile file

Reported by: jseidel@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: website Version:
Keywords: installation documentation Cc:
Port:

Description

The installation notes for MacPorts state in the "Shell Environment" section: "A file named ~/.profile is created for the 'bash' shell...".

Actually, ~/.bash_profile was modified. It took me a while to track down the install log and see what had really happened, so I think the documentation should be updated to reflect what actually happens. It could say something like this:

"A profile entry for 'bash' has been created on your system during the MacPorts installation. If you had an existing ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile file, it has been updated; otherwise a ~/.profile file has been created. The file contains the necessary..."

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Component: portswebsite
Milestone: MacPorts 1.8.2
Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed
Version: 1.8.1

It took me a while to figure out where you were seeing this info, but it looks like it's from a web site that we don't run.

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