Hello, Currently on selfupdate macports.conf is not updated in any way if it already existed. This "hides" new options from long time users. An up-to-date macports.conf provides a good overview over all options and contains short documentation lines. I have two proposals how this could be changed to make it more easy for users to follow HOWTOs and/or tutorials. 1) Add macports.conf.dist Place a file named macports.conf.dist right beside macports.conf. It would be the same file as the install process would have generated if no macports.conf file exists. Then the user can copy & paste new options over to macports.conf. Advantages: * Easy to implement Disadvantages: * User still has to do it him/herself. 2) Parse macports.conf and regenerate it Parse the existing macports.conf and rewrite it completely. This takes takes all options already present and writes a new macports.conf (by also keeping a backup). Advantages: * macports.conf is always up-to-date * Does not require work by user Disadvantages: * More work to implement this. * Users will loose their formatting or comments, if they customized it. Any comments on this appreciated. Rainer