Opened 10 years ago

Last modified 2 months ago

#43996 new enhancement

port select should record its symlinks in the registry — at Version 5

Reported by: mf2k (Frank Schima) Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: base Version:
Keywords: Cc: cal@…, egall@…
Port:

Description (last modified by mf2k (Frank Schima))

Symbolic links created by port should be recorded in the registry. For example, the python_select port creates symlinks to a specific version of python and its helper programs. 

$ ls -l /opt/local/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  24 Jan 23 15:05 /opt/local/bin/python -> /opt/local/bin/python2.7

$ port provides /opt/local/bin/python
/opt/local/bin/python is not provided by a MacPorts port.

$ port contents python_select
Port python_select contains:
  /opt/local/etc/select/python/base
  /opt/local/etc/select/python/none
  /opt/local/etc/select/python/python25-apple
  /opt/local/etc/select/python/python26-apple
  /opt/local/etc/select/python/python27-apple

Change History (5)

comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by neverpanic (Clemens Lang)

Cc: cal@… added

Cc Me!

comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)

This has come up previously in comment:ticket:37853:5, but it was kind of a tangent from the base issue there...

comment:3 Changed 10 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Summary: symbolic links should be recorded in the registry → port select should record its symlinks in the registry

comment:4 Changed 10 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)

Cc: egall@… added

Cc Me!

comment:5 Changed 10 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)

Description: modified (diff)
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