#40516: Two new variants + text editor modeline --------------------------+--------------------------- Reporter: jpolmsted@… | Owner: kjell.konis@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: haspatch Port: R | --------------------------+--------------------------- Comment (by larryv@…): Replying to [comment:3 jpolmsted@…]:
I'm confused about the opposition. This is the behavior intended by me and seems completely consistent with the test phase. Am I missing something? Under this setup, checking is optional (as it is with a manual install) and it happens after the build and before the install.
This is not true; the test phase is //not// run during a port installation, even if the Portfile sets `test.run yes`. Users would already have to explicitly run the tests with `port test R`, so they should not have to select a variant on top of that.
From an R user's perspective, I don't think there is a downside. It just copies files to the installation prefix that already exist and can be used.
Hm. If installing the tests isn’t terribly inconvenient (build time, disk space, etc.), then they should probably always be installed. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40516#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X