#37853: RFE: "port provides" should return a different message when used on files provided by base --------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: egall@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 2.1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: | --------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by ryandesign@…): I've thought it would be neat if MacPorts base were encapsulated within the MacPorts port. Installing MacPorts for the first time would leave you with the MacPorts port already installed. "{{{port contents MacPorts}}}" would show everything installed by base, and "{{{port provides `which port`}}}" would then say "MacPorts". Upgrading MacPorts would then not be "{{{sudo port selfupdate}}}" but "{{{sudo port upgrade MacPorts}}}". And uninstalling MacPorts would be as easy as "{{{sudo port uninstall MacPorts}}}" though maybe we should have an extra safeguard on that (like ensuring that no other ports are installed). But currently that's not how it works, and currently users are not meant to install the MacPorts port; it's just used by us to prepare new releases of MacPorts for distribution. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37853#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS