#33697: Incomplete uninstall script --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: neville@… | Owner: markd@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: guide | Version: Keywords: | Port: --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment(by neville@…): Replying to [comment:2 ryandesign@…]:
There are countless ports in MacPorts that can install users and groups; they're never removed either. So I'm not inclined to modify the uninstallation instructions for this.
I can see your point but you are probably unaware that users have had difficulty getting advice about how to remove such details from their Macs. I maintain that a complete removal of changes introduced by MacPorts is more ethical and more likely to be what users expect from uninstall scripts. If you are not prepared to alter the script I strongly urge you to accompany it with clear instructions for manual removal of these two plist files. For your information: I got here by following ImageMagick's advice to install MacPorts first. I have used MacPorts before on other Macs but the latest version was a disaster. After 4 hours of over 90% CPU MacPorts showed no sign of getting anywhere. I aborted and went to bed. It took 2 days to discover how to removed MacPorts details from my Mac. Installing ImageMagick without MacPorts took about an hour. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33697#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS