#15937: port deactivate is a bit blood-thirsty (acts like it would delete /) ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: stephen@xemacs.org | Owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: MacPorts base bugs Component: base | Version: 1.7.0 Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by raimue@macports.org): * status: new => closed * resolution: => wontfix Comment: Replying to [comment:4 ryandesign@macports.org]:
Actually I wouldn't even change that. A port might install a directory in, say, /Applications/MacPorts. For example for minivmac 3 I want to make a directory /Applications/MacPorts/Mini vMac. And lesstif installs a directory in ${x11prefix}/LessTif. MacPorts should remove these directories if these ports are uninstalled.
/Applications/MacPorts is in our mtree, ${x11prefix} is not. So lesstif would not get uninstalled correctly if we would change that. Also there would be no automatic cleanup if a port accidentally installs files outside the mtree.
So since I haven't heard of any detriment being caused by the code the way it is, and changing it will cause problems as detailed above, I would say we should close this as wontfix.
I agree. Closing as wontfix. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15937#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS